Amazon Future Engineer is a comprehensive childhood-to-career program aimed at increasing access to computer science education for students from underserved and underrepresented communities. The program provides students with increased access to computer science and career exploration across age groups. Amazon Future Engineer offers a range of free resources on computer science education and career exploration that can be integrated and used in the Meet and Code events or beyond. The following overview shows the availability of the different resources in the different languages. Details of each resource in each language can be found in the Inspiration Library.
1. Python learning platform
The Python online learning platforms offer free gamified resources to teach and learn programming. Students can learn the Python fundamentals in different courses and according to different levels. They will not only discover the mysteries of programming but also the pleasure of coding.
Available in English, German, French, Dutch, Italian, Spanish
2. Coding for Climate Action
Coding for Climate Action is a learning program for primary and secondary school students to teach them how to use computer science to protect against the consequences of climate change. Students learn the basics of computer science and apply their new skills to code a mini computer, which can for example serve as an early warning system for natural disasters, and, to combat a climate change challenge in their community. The teaching materials can also be used to plan a Meet and Code workshop.
3. Career Tours
Career Tours inspire students to pursue careers of the future by exploring Amazon’s technologies and different professions at Amazon. Career tours are either available as interactive virtual field trips or as short 360 degrees tours.
Fulfilment Centre (FC) Tour
The Kahoot! FC Tour is a virtual field trip through Amazon’s fulfilment centres where students can explore the technology of Amazon's fulfilment centres and discover how computer science, state of the art engineering and people work together. The 45-minute interactive tour explores how robotics, algorithms, machine learning, and more power the fulfilment process at Amazon. During the tour, students travel to different “tour stops” to learn how a fulfilment system works and will also meet the real-life engineers who brought the technology to life.
Available in English, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Dutch
AWS Data Centre Tour
The Kahoot! AWS Data Centre Tour is a virtual field trip through an Amazon Web Services (AWS) data centre.
During the 45-minute interactive tour, students can explore how the cloud and data centres work. They learn about the components of a computer, get an overview of the cloud, find out how data is transported and how data centres store data securely and sustainably so that no one has to worry about uploading their own data to the cloud. Along the way, students will meet employees who work as data centre operators, solution architects, data centre technology operators and sustainability specialists.
Prime Video Career Tour
This ~30 minute interactive tour explains how AI, Machine Learning and more power Amazon’s Prime Video. During the tour, students travel to different “tour stops” to learn how Prime Video works. In these stops, they will also meet the people who bring the technology to life. The fun, game-like tour is available for FREE on Kahoot! to all interested classrooms and families. Students can play against each other while learning about the behind-the-scenes of Prime Video.
Available in English
360 degrees tour Amazon Web Services (AWS)
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is the world's most comprehensive and widely deployed cloud offering, with more than 240 fully functional services available in data centres worldwide. Millions of customers - including the fastest-growing startups, largest enterprises and leading government agencies - use AWS to reduce costs, increase security, become more agile and innovate faster. AWS invests in digital skills for new generation of apprentices. During the 360 degrees tours, students learn about the types of apprenticeships and professions at AWS.
Available in German
4. Class Chats
Class Chats are virtual career talks. They inspire students and highlight the many different opportunities in the world of tech and other future skills needed in an ever-changing professional landscape. During a Class Chats session, an Amazon employee delivers a virtual career talk and shares his/her personal career stories and insight about working at a large tech company, as well as answers students’ career questions. Exposing students to in-demand careers and diverse career role models can bring them new possibilities, inspiration, and motivation. Class Chats usually take about 45 minutes. Even though Class Chats were originally developed for schools, they can also be used by Meet and Code event organizers and can be integrated into their Meet and Code event.
