This is the coders of the Ballindangan OurKidsCode Club. We started out in September 2023 after a fantastic introduction from Mary- to date we have really only been finding our feet, or ‘micro: bits’ initially for the first few months and getting to know the various websites and each other. We met in January 2024, […]
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On March 1st, Dr. Grace Lawlor, Let’s Get Digital Project Worker in South Dublin County Partnership, invited Mary O’Mahony, OurKidsCode Training Coordinator, to deliver facilitator training to a group of teachers from St. Bernadette’s Senior National School, Quarryvale, and staff from South Dublin County Partnership as part of a new initiative to bring OurKidsCode to
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OurKidsCode is seeking to recruit experienced, independent facilitators to support our growing community of family creative coding clubs across Ireland, in partnership with local County Councils. The OurKidsCode project is focused on developing positive attitudes to creative coding in primary school families. We do this initially by offering fun workshops where parents work with their children
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Ever discovered a great coding and craft project that your club has really enjoyed? Why not share it with our other clubs? Sharing projects, with our national club network, helps save time in researching club projects. Chances are, if you’ve had fun, another club will do too and hopefully they’ll share one back! The OurKidsCode
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Open to all OurKidsCode families, this is the next in our online series of OurKidsCode family coding workshops. Code and make together and connect with our wider club community. Hosted by Richard Millwood you will make the latest OurKidsCode project ‘Frustration’. You will design and make a buzz wire loop game using the micro: bit. Join
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Richard has been busy again creating Worksheets for 2 new projects – Frustration and Reflexes. Go to the OurKidsCode Projects section of Run a Club to download them for your club. Richard will also be leading families in an online MeetUp to introduce and make the latest project ‘Frustration’. You will design and make a
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If you followed the 2023 Microsoft DreamSpace Showcase, you’ll know we were in pilot mode, only available to Tipperary and Longford. This year, OurKidsCode Clubs from any county can sign up to take part. Want to know more about what the Showcase Day looked like? Watch this video to get a flavour of the
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With the Christmas coming soon here are some festive coding ideas for your club or for home. micro: bit Christmas Decorations are a great idea for creating tree decorations using your micro: bits, cardboard, paint and obviously, this time of year, some glitter! You can see how to make them via this video and the
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If you missed last night’s Webinar on MakeCode Arcade this is now available to view. Pam O’Brien (TUS, Code Week EU) introduced MakeCode Arcade and some examples of games she has created. We will be making some of her video lessons available to OurKidsCode clubs. Watch this space for more details. Following on from the
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For all the fans of Minecraft, Roblox and games classics such as Donkey Kong and Pacman join our Webinar on Wednesday 6th December at 8pm and see how you might design and develop your own arcade game. Our Webinar will feature Pam O’Brien who is a lecturer in Information Technology at TUS and the Ireland Ambassador
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