Seminar 2.1 rob curran

Rob Curran

UK Community Representative for CoderDojo

Champion (definitely) for Wilmslow CoderDojo

Mentor (allegedly)

@WilmslowDojo #coderdojo

CoderDojo is a global volunteer-led

community of free programming clubs

for young people between 7 and 17.

Founded in July 2011 by James

Whelton & Bill Liao, the first Dojo took

place in Cork, Ireland on the 23rd of

July. James and Bill were self taught

programmers and wanted to create a

space where young people could

learn code in a social environment.

Within CoderDojo there is a focus on

developing creativity, a sense of

community, peer learning skills,

mentoring and self led learning with

an emphasis on openness and

showing how coding can be a force for

positive change.

What is CoderDojo?


For a short video of the New York Dojo watch here

What exactly is a “Dojo”?

A Dojo is a local, independent volunteer-led free programming club for young people which encompasses the ethos of CoderDojo making it part of the global community. Dojos are built on community spirit, and encourage children to collaborate and learn from each other.

‘’For me CoderDojo is the place where young people can learn to be creative’’

Werner Vogles, CTO Amazon

So what excatly is a Dojo?


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vwDlqfLGjxg

Demand has been incredible & the movement has spread rapidly around the world. Today there are currently

more than 600 Dojos spread across 45 countries, and more are being set up every week


Our focus is on facilitating, scaling &

increasing collaboration within CoderDojo.

We are scaling the movement to make coding

clubs even more accessible for young people

all over the world. Targeting to reach

approximately the following goals within the

next 3 years:

• 100,000 children coding regularly

• 1,500 Dojos

• Dojos spread across 60 Countries

CSR

Gives business the opportunity to have a positive

impact on their community. Aligns positively with

CSR strategies focused on Education, Youth,

Employment, Digital Skills.

Equal Opportunity

Dojos are inclusive environments where young

people are given an equal opportunity to learn and

develop skills.

Industry

Globally there is a monumental shortage of

programmers with the EU predicting a shortfall

of 1 million technical workers by 2015.

CoderDojo addresses this by exposing young

people to ICT at a young age.

Why is CoderDojo important?


Community

We encourage & facilitate our community to share

their learning experiences, resources and knowledge

and give attendees, mentors and parents a sense of

community for life.

Awareness

We work to bring CoderDojo to people all over the

world in order to scale the movement, giving the

opportunity to learn code to as many young people

as possible. Resources

We are developing resources to make starting and

running a Dojo easier, to further increase

collaboration between Dojos and to provide more

opportunities to attendees.

Why is CoderDojo important?


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Groups we Target

Target Attendees

Girls aged 7 – 10

Girls aged 10 – 12

Girls aged 13 – 17

Boys aged 7 – 10

Boys aged 10 – 12

Boys aged 13 – 17

Broader

CoderDojo Community

Parents

Champions

Mentors

Partners

Alliances

Funders

Sponsors


The Kids “Ninjas” ChampionsMentors Parents

• Attend sessions

• Learn skills

• Coding

• Presenting

• Interpersonal

• Become part of an

international coding

community

• Demo to kids

• Create content

• Are there to help

find answers to

questions.

• Set up & run a

Dojo

• Often mentor

• Coordinate

everybody

• Liaison for

Foundation,

Venue etc.

• Facilitate their

children’s

learning

• Get to learn

alongside their

children

• Demystify the

curriculum

• Targeted

awareness (e.g.

on-line safety)

The Dojo Roles


real-life problems mentoringproject based learning peer learning

• I want to code

something that works

for me

• I want to build

something that I think

is cool

• I want to write my own

Flappy Bird game

• I think I’ve got an idea

…

• What do you want to do?

• What do you need to

carry on at home?

• What help do you need

from your peers &

mentors?

• What role suits you

best?

• Flipped learning??

• Show one, do

one, .. off you go!

• Bring your

challenges in

• Hmmm, I’m not

sure

• Let’s solve that

together

• It’s ok to say “I

don’t know”

• Ask 3 then ask

me

• Developing youth

mentors

• What do you

want to do?

It’s not school


Presentation

Skills

Problem

Solving

Team Work

Communication Skills

Social

Skills

Logical &

Innovative

Thinking

Creativity

Self-led

Learning

Collaboration

What skills do Dojos enable?

Harry (13) Maciej (16)

Chloe and Chris, a

brother & sister

team, created an

android app and

website to help

students with

learning difficulties

understand all the

maths theorems

required for state

exams.

Chloe (15)

Chris (16)

Harry joined

CoderDojo as a shy

kid. At his Dojo he

learned game

development which

helped build his

confidence. His 1st

game ’PizzaBot”

knocked Angry Birds

off its number 1 spot

in Irish App Store!

Maciej won the

CoderDojo Coolest

Project Award by

creating & open

sourcing his own

programming

language: “Oda”.

He won a new

laptop replacing his

old beaten up one.


Change enabled by teachnologyDelivered by CoderDojo Ninjas

Change enabled CoderDojo ninjas

Project Title: Alphabet Arc

Built by @Ginglexia (Sam, 9 & Tom, 12)

Assists young people with dyslexia to learn

the alphabet

Project Title: ReCharge my eCar

Built by 11 year old Niamh

Assists environmentally friendly adults

looking for available charging station for

eCar

Project Title: The Kids Studio

Built by 10 year old Lauren

Gives young people practical advice on

dealing with stress

Project Title: Anti Bullying Quiz

Built by 12 year old Kathleen

A quiz designed to teach children what to

do if they are dealing with bullies

Project Title: Crainn Game

Built by 13 year old Alan

A game built to inform young people of the

importance of trees to the environment

Project Title: Fix my Pothole

Built by 15 year old John

Helps communities to notify their councils

about the locations of potholes in the area


Any more ideas?…

THANK YOU!


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