JAVA: The next generation
The November/December edition of The Oracle Java Magazine featured an article about : “Teach kids to code and give them tools for success.” By Java Magazine Chief Editor Caroline Kvitka
Yearly Archives: 2014
Video Message from Neelie Kroes about how programming is exciting and fun
Neelie Kroes, former European Commissioner for Digital Agenda and Vice-President of the European Commission, is explaining in the video how programming is exciting and fun. Great inspiration for our Devoxx4Kids children and, we hope, future Devoxxians.
Devoxx4Kids at JavaOne and Oracle Open World 2014
This year, the biggest Oracle Conference (JavaOne and Oracle Open World) hosted a combined Devoxx4Kids/Oracle Academy event (JavaOne Kids Day) in San Francisco, on the Saturday before the official kickoff of JavaOne 2014. 136 children (43% girls, 57% boys) attended the event (amongst the 151 registered in total), happy to […]
NewRelic FutureTalks: Presentation of Devoxx4Kids
On October 13, Arun, founder of the Devoxx4Kids USA chapter, did a presentation during a “New Relic Future Talks” in Portland, OR. Arun covered the inception of Devoxx4Kids, its growth and global adoption and also gave some guidelines on how to start a local chapter. Check out the video recorded […]
Alex Having Fun with Scratch After Our First D4K Session
Meet Alex, a 9-year-old kid talking about the games he has made with Scratch after the first Devoxx4Kids session in Guadalajara, Mexico. Click here: Having fun with Scratch
Red Hat: new Devoxx4Kids Platinum sponsor
Devoxx4Kids is really proud to announce that , the world’s leading provider of open source solutions, is now a Devoxx4Kids Platinum sponsor. Through this sponsorship, Red Hat is showing a strong interest in children IT education and Devoxx4Kids actions in that direction. Many thanks for their support. The Devoxx4Kids teams […]
Arun talking about OSCON Kids Day on Twit.tv
Arun (Devoxx4Kids USA) and Simon St. Laurent (Oscon) being interviewed by Twit.tv (Randal Schwartz) on OSCON Kids Day.
European Ada Awards 2014 – Digital Girl of the Year
The year 2014 is the second year in which the EU Ada Awards are appointed to outstanding women and girls active in STEM and to organisations for promoting girls and women in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics). When I heard about the second edition, I directly thought about all […]
First Devoxx4Kids event in Köln
The first edition of Devoxx4Kids in Köln (Germany) took place today. Many thanks to the team (Wombat Software) and all the participants for such a great event. Hagen Bauer, father of a boy that attended the event, blogged about it here: https://www.hagen-bauer.de/2014/06/devcamp4kids-devoxx4kids-programmier-workshop.html
First Devoxx4Kids event in London
The very first edition of Devoxx4Kids in the UK took place 1 week ago, on 14st of June 2014 in London. Tasha, Devoxx4Kids Belgium, blogged about it here: http://www.lucubratory.eu/first-devoxx4kids-event-in-london/