Education Ireland Project #14952

CoderDojo - Support kids learning to code globally

by CoderDojo Foundation

Project Report | Mar 1, 2023
Meet two inspiring young digital makers

By Jana Paul | Development Manager

Selin at Coolest Projects

Dear Friend,

We are continually amazed by the young people in our community that are bringing new ideas and change to the world. We wanted to share with you the stories of two of the inspiring community members we get the opportunity to work with every day.

Inspired by the love for her family dog, Selin, a digital maker from Istanbul, became interested in robotics and created a robotic dog that could respond to voice commands for those with limited vision. With the support of her local CoderDojo, she continued to expand her coding knowledge and discovered Coolest Projects. Selin’s interest in creating tech projects continued to grow after her project, IC4U, became a judges’ favourite in the Hardware Category. Since then she has built seven robots, and her enthusiasm shows no sign of stopping. Watch Selin’s video to hear how she thinks AI can make the world a better place.

Adarsh, a digital maker from California, is inspired to develop technology that has the chance to help people. We first met Adarsh when he entered his Smart Sprinkler System into Coolest Projects USA. He was inspired to create this project by the need he saw in California to manage water during a drought. Using a Raspberry Pi computer, he built a moisture sensor–based sprinkler system that integrates real-time weather forecast data and Twitter feeds to dispense only optimum amounts of water, in compliance with city water regulations. Adarsh enjoys working on projects that bring something positive to the world and being part of a community of coders who work together to solve problems. Watch Adarsh’s videoto see where he gets inspiration for his projects as he continues to make things that matter to him.

Thank you for helping create inspiring spaces for young people to learn how they can use technology to solve problems they see in the world around them.

We appreciate your continued support of the CoderDojo community!

With gratitude,

Jana

Adarsh at Coolest Projects USA in 2020

Adarsh with his mentor

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Nov 4, 2022
How you're helping young people create with technology

By Jana Paul | Development Manager

Dear Friend,

Because of your support, we are able to create opportunities for millions of young people to learn and create using digital technologies across the globe. We appreciate your partnership in developing a place where young people from all backgrounds can thrive in our digital world.

In many parts of the world, autumn brings with it the start of a new school year for students. In a recent blog post, we share some of the support we provide to help Dojos return from a break. From helping to secure volunteers to ensuring Dojos are accessible for all, we know how important it is to have the tools and resources needed to build a lifelong interest in learning computing and digital making skills.

We’ve been busy working to create new coding activities and projects for young people. We introduced a set of activities to help coding clubs celebrate World Space Week and shared our ‘Learn to Program in Python’ online course pathway.

We are delighted to share our 2021 Annual Report with you. In this, we outline our accomplishments from 2021 and dive into each of our three long-term goals:

Education

To enable any school to teach students about computing and how to create with digital technologies, through providing the best possible curriculum, resources, and training for teachers.

Non-formal learning

To engage millions of young people in learning about computing and how to create with digital technologies outside of school, through online resources and apps, clubs, competitions, and partnerships with youth organisations.

Research

To deepen our understanding of how young people learn about computing and how to create with digital technologies, and to use that knowledge to increase the impact of our work and advance the field of computing education.

The impacts we highlight through our Annual Report are possible because of your dedication to our mission and the young people we serve. We are grateful for your continued commitment to this cause.

We appreciate your continued support of the CoderDojo community!

With gratitude,

Jana

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Raspberry Pi Foundation Annual Review 2021 (PDF)

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Jul 11, 2022
Inspiring Stories from Young Digital Makers

By Jana Paul | Development Manager

Dear Friend,

We continue to be inspired by the young digital makers that make up our community. We are grateful for your continued support and hope you’ll enjoy these updates of what your support makes possible.

Coolest Projects Global 2022

We wrapped up Coolest Projects Global last month and were astonished at the digital creations from young people from across the globe. I’d invite you to look through the judge’s favourite submissions here. While this year’s event has ended, we continue to be inspired by all the unique projects submitted and are already ramping up for next year’s event.

Community member: Jay

We recently shared the story of community member Jay. Jay got into coding at a young age because he became curious about creating games. With encouragement from his teachers, he soon found a community of like-minded young people at coding workshops and CoderDojo. After honing his skills and developing cost-effective robotics projects for Coolest Projects, Jay decided to start passing on his knowledge to others. Now he regularly teaches coding and physical computing to children and adults in his community, something he absolutely loves to do. Watch Jay’s video to see what he’s learned from his incredible journey with computing.

Behind the scenes: website updates

We’ve been working hard over the past few months making updates to our website and are excited to share a beta version with you! Based on feedback from our community, we made resources easier to find. We want the new site to be available in the languages used by our community. The beta site is launching in Dutch, English, and Japanese. We’d love it to be available in even more languages so even more people can learn about and bring CoderDojo to their areas. If you’re interested, you can sign up to translate the new website here.

We appreciate your continued support of the CoderDojo community!

With gratitude,

Jana

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