Lessons Learned: Planning an event
Bob Paulin (@bobpaulin), from Devoxx4Kids Chicago recently blogged about a lesson learned from running their first event : Planning the Event !
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Volunteer Bob Paulin Turns Kids on to Tech with Devoxx4Kids
You can call Bob Paulin ‘Coach’ and he’ll probably respond, because he’s been coaching youth football since 2005. Now he’s also coaching children in the computer programming world as the Chicagoland organizer of Devoxx4Kids.org. Bob has been interviewed by Slashdot where he explains what is Devoxx4Kids, how everything started and […]
Devoxx France 2015 Devoxx4Kids in Paris
On April 11 2015, after a successful Devoxx France conference, the Devoxx4Kids Team organized the Devoxx France Devoxx4Kids Event in Paris. 50 children attended it (amongst them, 38% were girls). They enjoyed programming Electronics (Arduino), Robotics (Thymio, Lego MindStorms, NAO) and games (Scratch, Minecraft). Pictures and video are available here. […]
Programming is nevertheless easy! JavaLand4Kids
Read this nice post from Marina Fischer (DOAG German Oracle User Group) about the very first JavaLand4Kids event. JavaLand4Kids is now an integral part of the Java Land Conference.
Climbing a Mountain to Open Access to Coding for Kids
Climbing a Mountain to Help Push for a Diverse New Generation of Programmers In this interview done by Voxxed.com, Arun Gupta (Founder of Devoxx4Kids USA) talks about the work Devoxx4Kids does in fostering computational thinking and widening access to coding for kids around the world. Arun also talks about his fundraising […]
Arun Gupta on Devoxx4Kids at JavaLand 2015
Arun Gupta, Devoxx4Kids USA, talks about Devoxx4Kids at JavaLand 2015 during a Nighthacking session. How fun is to program Java for children, teenagers? Check the video ! [iframe width=”80%” height=”450″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/sOpEteG088M” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]
FranceLive.FR interview of Thierry Leboucq
Thierry Leboucq, head of Green Lab Center in Nantes (France) and also part of the French Devoxx4Kids Team in Nantes, explains why it is important to teach programming concepts to children. A TV Interview of FranceLive.FR [iframe width=”65%” height=”350″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/b46TTsM1sps” frameborder=”0″ allowfullscreen]
Devoxx4Kids Brasil Event on InfoQ Brasil
InfoQ did published an article about the upcoming Devoxx4Kids Brasil event in São Paulo, on March 7 and 8 2015. Read it here: http://www.infoq.com/br/news/2015/02/Devoxx4Kids-2015 Note: InfoQ is a practitioner-driven community news site focused on facilitating the spread of knowledge and innovation in professional software development.
First time NAO workshop creator: Lessons learned
Nicolas Rigaud (@wtfirl), Developers Community Manager at Aldebaran, blogged about his learned lessons while creating and teaching NAO programming workshop to children. Nicolas has been, since the beginning of Devoxx4Kids, a great supporter. Read more here : http://botsdevsandi.tumblr.com/post/111262840868/lessons-from-my-devoxx4kids-workshop
Devoxx4Kids Empowering the New Technology Producers
Tom Scheirsen, from Oracle User Group Relationship, EMEA, shares his story about working with Devoxx4Kids (one of the interesting projects that Oracle is involved in 😉 ) Read more here: Enabling the Next Generation