We bring practical IT skills into classrooms

Product, design and code for high-school students

Codesters Club is a Digital Product Development program started by the Riesenkampff Foundation in order to provide future-oriented technology education for gymnasium level pupils in Estonia. We unite the best of both, business and academia and offer free of charge technology classes in cooperation with local schools.

As opposed to regular coding schools, codesters.club focuses not on teaching a particular programming language, but on training a combination of soft and technical skills needed to deliver digital products that users would love.

That means that during the three year program our pupils will have a chance to try out the shoes of a UX designer, front-end and back-end developer, project manager and understand which role they feel best in.

Our beliefs

• curiosity is the driver for learning

• technology education is much more than coding

• learning how to learn is the main challenge

• pupils learn from each other as much as from their mentors

• current industry professionals share the responsibility of educating future generations

Not only programming

Students' projects

10th grade

Students learn the basics of user experience research, design using Figma, and the development of a simple web page using HTML/CSS or the no-code tool Webflow.

Check the 10th grade projects

11th grade

Students learn how to design a mockup and prototype of a real application and gain an understanding of modern web development principles, practices, and no-code tools

Check the 11th grade projects

12th grade

Students are joining teams to prepare for the final pitch competition, where the best teams will present their projects at the graduation event.

Check the 12th grade projects

How do we learn

Involving IT businesses

Office visits, ad-hoc lessons, joint events and activities from leading Estonian tech companies

Project-based learning

Hands-on experience solving real-world problems and getting a first project in the portfolio

Team work

Working in groups allows pupils to learn from each other and experience the ups and downs of teamwork

Expert mentors

Experienced IT professionals from industry come from diverse backgrounds within the tech field, including software development, cybersecurity, backend development, and UX/UI design.

Meet our mentors

Student feedback

I am very proud of being a part of the codesters world.

I won't lie, these activities take up a lot of time and energy that I could spend with my family or friends ... But I have never been so interested in the process. This is a completely different world of learning.

Learning new things, especially digital, is always pretty fun. This kind of thing is becoming more and more popular these days so I'm glad I chose this subject.

These lessons gave me a clear idea on what i want to do in the future. This course has so may benefits (like visiting companies before the lockdown etc). I am really happy that I decided to join this course :)

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