Mar 1 (Thu) | Why Code? | Reverse Mentorship
Over 40 mentors and mentees joined HKU Mentorship’s first Reverse Mentorship workshop, ‘Why Code?’.
The workshop was held at iDendron and the participants enjoyed a tour of the brand new innovation and entrepreneurship hub, which serves as a co-working space for the University’s students, staff, alumni and partners.
Mentors learnt alongside their mentees the basics of coding, career and educational trends, everyday uses and even how to code a simple game in a hands-on session led by two student instructors, Grayson Ho and Matthew Tsui (both BBA[IS] & BEng[CompSc] Year 2).
Participants had a lot of fun while also acquiring new knowledge and left feeling very inspired.
One of the mentors shared that: “although they [the speakers] were not trained teachers, they managed to break down the process and go from the simple to the more complicated. I am happy to have joined the workshop and be their mentee for an evening”.
Mentorship is really a two-way learning journey – not only can mentors teach and give advice, but mentees can also share ideas and inspire.
