For Parents

21 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

The Ada awards celebrate and recognise the efforts of the top girls and women in technology worldwide. We are delighted that all six girls nominated and through to the next round of the European Ada Awards’ Digital Girl of the Year are actively involved in their local CoderDojo clubs! The girls who have been shortlisted for the awards across three age categories are: Helena Staple, Zara Ilyas, Ruby Scott Kenny, Aoibheann Mangan, Charlotte Johnson and Maeve Galvin. Well done to you all! The fact that so many girls… Read More

13 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

On the 28th of October 2017, MegaDojo Chișinău gathered 128 children and teenagers interested in technologies of the future, in the capital of the Republic of Moldova. This was the first large scale CoderDojo event in Moldova, dedicated to informal education in IT for children ages 7 – 17. The event also celebrated the new comers, up to 60 out of 128, thus reaching more youngsters and showing potential for expansion.   MegaDojo Chișinău, was integrated in the EU Code Week initiative, which takes place every year on the European level. As such, the MegaDojo Chișinău… Read More

8 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

CoderDojo Ninja Aoibheann, has been involved in her local Dojo (and now also mentors at a second) for over 2 years. Here she explains her recent adventure to Mozfest in London where she ran a workshop. Last year I went to Mozfest and I had the most amazing time, meeting people, trying out new things and delivering my first ever workshop outside Ireland! This year when I heard the application process for this years event was open I didn’t hesitate and started working on a workshop idea and applied. Last year I ran… Read More

7 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

DojoCon is the annual global conference for CoderDojo Community members. It is an opportunity for all those who volunteer their time to support, organise and Mentor at Dojos to meet, share their experiences, develop relationships and learn from each other. This years DojoCon saw Community members travelling to Warrington; from Belgium, Bulgaria, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain and the UK to learn new insights and skills to bring back with them to their local areas. Who will host DojoCon 2018? We are delighted to announce that CoderDojo Kilkenny (Ireland) will host the event… Read More

5 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

Throughout the third quarter we focused on contacting community members about approaches and resources they use to engage girls in their Dojo sessions. From late August through to September we released resources and advice for Dojos returning back after the summer break as part of our #BackToDojo campaign. Additionally, the first online content hackathon was successfully organised in order to better engage volunteers wishing to give their time to translating and creating learning resources.   Download our Q3 Report as a PDF here. Read More

2 November 2017 · by Nuala McHale

On Saturday, November 4th DojoCon Japan 2017 will welcome over 300 CoderDojo Champions, Mentors and Ninjas from all over Japan to celebrate open source programming education. Though admission is free, tickets are already sold out! DojoCon Japan 2017, the second regional DojoCon held in the country, will take place at Ritsumeikan Future Plaza Event Hall in Ibaraki-city, Osaka, Japan from 10:30 to 6:30pm. Connect Dojo to Dojo The theme of this years event is “Connect (Tsunagaru / つながる) Dojo to Dojo”, and aims to create a space for Dojo members from all over Japan, to interact,… Read More