The IET first ever CoderDojo club took place on Saturday 30 April, at our Stevenage office!
CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community based programming clubs for young people. At a Dojo, young people, between 7 and 17, learn how to code, develop websites, apps, programs, games and explore technology in an informal and creative environment. In addition to learning to code attendees meet like minded people and are exposed to the possibilities of technology.
I had just over 30 children attend, some accompanied by their parents.
The feedback received so far has been fantastic and a lot of the children are excited to join future sessions.
The first club focused on building a website and a game using HTML and Scratch.
Whilst classes are open to girls and boys, I put an emphasis on getting girls to attend as this is an area that they usually shy away from.
Coding has a direct link to engineering and technology so, what better way to get children interested in the sector?
Clubs are filling up but I do have some capacity to increase the numbers.
If you would like further information, please e-mail me at womensnetwork@theiet.org
Thank you,
Jo