Computer Science Education Week: CS Powers AI!
This year Computer Science Education Week is all about how computer science powers AI! In the age of AI it can be easy to think that human programmers are a thing of the past - but this couldn't be further from the truth!
Read on to find out about why computer science skills are crucial for everyone as AI continues to evolve...
Those of us that have a drivers licence will know that as part of the test they may ask you about how certain aspects of your car works.
This is so we know how to make sure our car is running smoothly and can maybe diagnose some issues - this is all part of being a safe and responsible driver. While this might seem like a weird start to a post about Computer Science Education Week, I promise it has some meaning behind it!
Computer science is, essentially, like being able to understand the WHY of the computer, much like those weird engine questions on a driving test. We here at The Code Zone think it’s super important that everyone has that level of understanding of their devices, and it turns out we aren’t alone! The Computer Science Teachers Association have an annual week dedicated to advocating for advanced computer science education for all.
AI and coding
While you might think “but AI can do all that for us surely?” and while AI has been steadily gaining space (so much so that the theme for this CESW is about how computer science empowers AI) we need to note that it is still very much in its infancy when it comes to being able to produce workable code.
We need computer scientists and developers to be able to work on the code, either making their AI better or fixing any mistakes that it will put in to the code.
Where does The Code Zone fit in?
Our sessions here at The Code Zone provide a space for our members to both learn how to code, and also to engage in activities to improve their critical thinking and problem solving skills - from fixing bugs to creating their own unique games.
We also promote having conversations about varying tech concepts, like AI, to understand what to do to tackle its usage in the outer world!
If anything we’ve said has made you think about improving your coding and computer science skills then sign up for a free taster today!
About The Code Zone
The Code Zone teaches children aged 6 to 16 to code by building their own games. Outside the UK that is the Game Dev Academy: self-paced, so a child works at whatever hour suits them in any time zone, with a background-checked, STEM-certified mentor answering by text and video message.
It started in Britain, where in 2026 it was the highest-placed coding club in Club Hub UK's Top 100 Children's Activity Providers, and in 2025 received the Autism Inclusion Award from the National Autistic Society, the UK's leading autism charity. More than a third of members are autistic or have ADHD, based on what parents tell us when they join.
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The blog is in two halves. Guides are the evergreen explainers written by the mentors who teach the clubs, covering the questions parents actually ask: what comes after Scratch, how to support a coding-mad child when you cannot code yourself, and what works for autistic and ADHD children.
Club news is the other half, and it is where posts like this one live: game jams, Minecraft builds and weekly roundups, written up by whoever ran the session. Neither is marketing. If you want to know what the work actually looks like before you sign up to anything, club news is the more honest read of the two.
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