[okfn-discuss] Programming projects for children and kids

Tue Nov 26 09:36:03 UTC 2013

Great list Beatrice - and thanks for forking the discussion ;-)

On 26/11/2013 09:29, Beatrice Martini wrote:
> Hi,
>
> As both Events Coordinator at the OKF and founding member at 
> OpenTechSchool <http://www.opentechschool.org/> (a global community 
> initiative promoting programming and tech workshops to folks of all 
> genders, ages, and levels of knowledge), I find the previous e-mail 
> thread about gender diversity and programming projects for kids 
> <http://lists.okfn.org/pipermail/okfn-discuss/2013-November/009956.html>very 
> interesting.
>
> But I think the conversations about diversity and education could 
> benefit from being discussed separately, so I'm creating this new thread.
>
> To all of you asking about more links to code-for-kids (some for 
> children, some for teens) projects -- some I know about and appreciate:
> Young Rewired State <https://youngrewiredstate.org/>: under 18, all 
> genders, not beginners
> Jugend Hackt <http://jugendhackt.de/> (spin-off of YRS, organized by 
> OKF Germany): under 18, all genders, not beginners
> Hackidemia <http://www.hackidemia.com/>: more hardware, kids of all 
> ages, beginners-friendly
> CoderDojo <http://coderdojo.com/> (the Berlin chapter just kicked off 
> <https://medium.com/lifelong-learning/8231204a722b>last week, thanks 
> to Tiffany, the same person who launched the initiative to mentor 
> female speakers in tech <http://weareallaweso.me/>I linked in the 
> previous thread): age 5-17, all genders
> App Summer Camp 
> <http://blog.opentechschool.org/2013/07/app-summer-camp-in-hamburg-it-was-awesome.html>: age 
> 13-15, girls, Android
> Isla <http://islalanguage.org/>: a programming language for children, 
> by Marie Rose Cook, beginners-friendly
>
> Hope you'll find some interesting links and hacking inspiration in 
> this list.
>
> Best,
> Beatrice
>
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