EU Code Week kick-off

From Thursday, October 8, 2020 5:00 PM
to Thursday, October 8, 2020 6:30 PM

European Commission

Open online activity

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The Code Week 2020 virtual kick-off will take place on 8 October at 17.00. The event will be streamed on EU Code Week’s Facebook Live, Instagram TV and YouTube Live channels. Speakers include European Commissioner Breton and Gabriel; Mitch Resnick, Creator of Scratch and Professor of Learning Research at the MIT Media Lab; Linda Liukas, author and illustrator of Hello Ruby; Dipty Chander, President of E-MMA French non-profit organisation that promotes gender diversity in tech; and Alessandro Bogliolo, Professor of Computer Systems at the University of Urbino. The Code Week team will also showcase new website features, resources and inform the audience about the #CodeWeekDance activities and challenge as well as the new virtual #CodeWeekTreasureHunt. Moreover, we will connect with schools and students from all over Europe who will be sharing their coding stories and exchanging ideas with the guest speakers. Follow our live stream on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/user/CodeWeekEU or on Facebook Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/2623761004602631/

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Nearby upcoming activities:

Workshop +12 jaar - Programmeren en Elektronica
Wed, Jan 8, 2025 2:00 PM
This workshop is suitable for participants from secondary school onwards. We will work with a board to create circuits. After that, we'll start programming to achieve fun results.
Workshop +7 jaar -- Programmeren met Scratch
Wed, Jan 15, 2025 2:00 PM
This series of workshops will take place over 3 consecutive afternoons. 15/01/2025 - 2 PM to 4 PM 22/01/2025 - 2 PM to 4 PM 29/01/2025 - 2 PM to 4 PM This workshop is suitable for participants from 7 years old (2nd grade). It is important that the participant can read well. After an introduction to Scratch, we will build on this knowledge to program our own game.
Workshop +5 jaar -- Programmeren met Vuurtoren
Wed, Feb 5, 2025 2:00 PM
This workshop is suitable for participants from 5 years old (3rd kindergarten class) and is recommended up to the 1st grade. With our cool Matalab Proset, we will take our first steps into programming. To keep things varied for our youngest participants, we will also program using an app and color magic drawings that come to life through Augmented Reality.