Coolest Projects is exactly what it says – a showcase of cool projects from Coderdojos all over Ireland and all over the world. A huge volunteer force works to get it together – people who believe strongly in empowering youngsters, and celebrating their creativity. The atmosphere is full of energy, and the noise is, well, – it’s loud!
To get an idea of the age group presenting their work – I was visiting some projects when I heard a shriek, and a young girl ran past looking for her teacher and her mom, holding out her hand to show the tooth that had just fallen out. Later, when it all settled, she calmly went on stage to collect her award:
Delighted to be here today and wel lo done to our Aoibheann who won the very first award of the day 💚❤️ https://t.co/2crYfc3KjK
— Cloghans Hill NS (@ScoilAnClochain) June 17, 2017
I had good fun helping Eugene McDonough, of CoderDojo Ireland and Coderdojo Limerick, as he led a short class on Scratch for beginners. I’m delighted that Eugene is now an Ireland Ambassador for Code Week EU; I won’t be the only one visible from space in the luminous orange Code Week EU tee!
#CodeEU ambassadors, @magsamond and @eugenemcd, facilitated a brilliant @scratch_ie workshop at @coolestprojects. Super team! #edchatie pic.twitter.com/VQlxjEPrjB
— Leanne Lynch (@LeanneEdu) June 17, 2017
One thing I loved as I wandered about was the number of students who could present their work in a confident manner, fielding questions like professionals. The students from Lacken NS at the Microsoft Minecraft booth, and the students of Confey College at the Mechatrons booth.
I couldn’t help pondering on the day…
https://twitter.com/magsamond/status/876003146207817728
https://twitter.com/tonyrileynz/status/876087997644640256
Confey College students present their Mechatrons machine
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