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18 June 2015 · by Pete O'Shea

SAVE THE DATE – from the 10th – 18th of October 2015, Europe Code Week is returning for a third year! The objective of this week is to have millions of children, young adults, adults, parents, teachers, entrepreneurs and policymakers come together in events and classrooms across Europe to learn to create with code! The aim is to show everyone how they can bring your ideas to life with code, by making programming more visible to people around the world. By demystifying these skills and bringing motivated people together to learn code at your CoderDojo you can take… Read More

18 June 2015 · by Annabel Cleary

Here’s some cool tools for you to try at your Dojo over the summer! X-Ray Goggles This super cool tool lets you see the building blocks that make up websites on the internet. Activate the goggles to inspect the code behind any webpage, then remix elements with a single click, swapping in your own text, images and more. This is a fun and exciting plugin that sits in your ‘Bookmarks Bar’. It will allow for Ninjas to visit sites they use regularly and inspect the code that is used, with the added benefit of being able to add their… Read More

21 May 2015 · by Pete O'Shea

We are delighted to announce that the Salesforce Foundation have partnered with the Coderdojo Foundation and movement. The CoderDojo Foundation & Movement are delighted to announce a new global partnership with the Salesforce Foundation to support the global volunteer movement that is CoderDojo! The announcement was made at the Salesforce World Tour, London, by CoderDojo CEO, Mary Moloney and Salesforce Foundation President, Suzanne DiBianca! Check out the video introduced by Peter Coffee during the Keynote at the Salesforce World Tour, London. “We are really excited to be partnering with CoderDojo,” said Charlotte Finn, Foundation Director, EMEA. “Organizations… Read More

26 January 2015 · by Pete O'Shea

The CoderDojo Foundation team have recently moved offices to “Dogpatch Labs 2.0” at the CHQ buildings in the Dublin Docklands! Thank you to the CHQ Building team, we are looking forward to continuing our journey as a member of the Dogpatch Labs family. If you’d like to visit us or arrange a meeting send us a mail: Send us a mail! Our new postal address is: The CoderDojo Foundation, Dogpatch Labs, Unit 1, The CHQ Building, Custom House Quay, Dublin 1, Ireland  … Read More

4 December 2014 · by Pete O'Shea

We are happy to announce that CoderDojo have been announced as a 2014 Nominet Trust 100 winner! There is a growing consensus among policymakers and educationalists that we need to do more to encourage children to create, rather than just consume, digital media. It turns out the kids might be a step ahead in this already, and none more so than the kids within the CoderDojo movement! CoderDojo is a volunteer-led movement of free and not-for-profit youth coding clubs. Dojos are self-organising clubs where 7 to 17 year olds can drop in to learn how to… Read More

5 September 2014 · by Pete O'Shea

Thank you to all the CoderDojo community members who took the time to complete our CoderDojo Community Communication Consultation. Based on this feedback we will be revising our community strategy and will be releasing information on this to the community soon. See the feedback to date below: Other suggestions: Online IM chat on CoderDojo Site Skype Online forum (not google group) Facebook Group You can still submit your feed back here. If you have any thoughts or suggestions in relation to this please feel free to email us at [email protected]… Read More