12 February 2012 路 by graham
James Whelton, the founder of the CoderDojo movement was a guest mentor at Saturday’s event on Boyneside. Attended by 60 kids – and nearly as many adults! 馃檪 – CoderDojo Drogheda is drawing kids from Balbriggan, Navan, Trim, Dundalk, Newry and even Portlaoise. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSb8bUrJ8_w A Church or a Dojo?… Read More
9 February 2012 路 by graham
CoderDojo Drogheda will be re-housed at The Highlanes Gallery, Laurence Street, Drogheda as of this Saturday, 11th February. This fantastic Municipal Art Gallery is now our home and we want to sincerely thank Aoife Ruane and all the team at Highlanes for allowing us to use such a cool space. Read More
7 February 2012 路 by karen
To say that the Limerick Dojo has really taken off in the past few weeks would be an understatement. 聽The mentors, members (new and old), and parents are all so enthusiastic about the movement and there is a great atmosphere in the LIT Downtown Centre on a Saturday afternoon. 聽We’ve… Read More
30 January 2012 路 by Ann Donnelly
CIT Blackrock Castle Observatory has joined the Coder Dojo movement and opens its own Dojo on Sunday, 19th February 2012. Already one of the top learning centres for children in the area, there couldn’t be a more ideal Coder Dojo venue! Sessions will run every Sunday from 10am to… Read More
29 January 2012 路 by Bill Liao
Wow just wow what a day Friday was. I still can’t really believe it. I started the morning, having just spent two days at Startup Bootcamp Dublin mentoring aspiring tech startups, filled with optimism and then I went to a symposium on Primary school education in Ireland run by… Read More
22 January 2012 路 by graham
Barry James came to his first CoderDojo on 21st January 2012 to see if he could help out and document the event in pictures – he was so impressed he wrote this post on his own blog. I found it very… Read More
19 January 2012 路 by graham
The next CoderDojo Drogheda will be this Saturday noon to 3pm at the morsolutions office. See the CoderDojo Drogheda page for more details. If you have a laptop please do bring it along. All children under 12 must be accompanied by an adult and the adult must stay… Read More
19 January 2012 路 by Eugene McDonough
Welcome to 2012, a great new year for CoderDojo Ireland. This Saturday CoderDojo Limerick starts up again at the usual venue:聽LIT Downtown Centre聽on Georges Quay in Limerick from 12-3pm. Important: All parents have to fill in a new聽Registration and Permission form.聽You will聽receive聽an email confirmation which will… Read More
13 January 2012 路 by Ann Donnelly
Our first session after the holidays last Saturday was full to the brim and had kids coming from as far as Kilkenny to take part! 聽We brought all the chairs up from the cafe and there were still parents standing!聽We aren’t limiting the numbers yet, so don’t let this put… Read More
14 December 2011 路 by Ann Donnelly
We’ve having a party at the Cork Dojo this coming Saturday, 17th December. It’s a good chance to celebrate all that the kids have achieved and the job well done by James, Bill and all the mentors on the success of the Dojos and how quickly the idea has spread… Read More