EU Code Week in full swing with +10,000 coding events in 53 countries
Publication date: October 17, 2016
Thousands of coding events are taking place in Europe and beyond this week. Follow @CodeWeekEU and #codeEU on Twitter to get the latest news.
The French Minister of Education kicked of Code Week France by visiting a school in Paris.
Avec les nouveaux programmes, les enseignants formés et les partenaires, nos élèves entrent de plain-pied dans l’ère numérique. #CodeEU pic.twitter.com/54KH2pOYpn
— Najat Belkacem (@najatvb)
The German Digital Champion, Geesche Joost, greeted participants in a coding event in Hamburg.
Grüße von @GescheJoost bei der #CodeWeekHamburg #CodeEU pic.twitter.com/Cj74s2pApf
— App Camps (@app_camps)
In Italy some schools got a head start on 11 October.
Even this is @CodeWeekEU!
An exciting afternoon: many teachers testing many #coding and #art activities for #CodeEu! @DSMeu @CoderDojo pic.twitter.com/ATPocpSjTp— Istituto DallaChiesa (@icdallachiesa) October 11, 2016
Is this a world record?
Over 11,000 coders came together earlier today with @CodeUur & @microsoftnl to break a world record for #CodeEU! 💪 https://t.co/2zeWAIoOOy pic.twitter.com/8wh2yhVCXj
— Microsoft Europe (@MSEurope) October 14, 2016
Coding also done without computers. Here pearl patterns with pre-school students.
2A på #Runbacka inleder #CodeEU med att upprepa exakta pärlmönster efter inspiration från @grishund och UR Programmera mera. pic.twitter.com/J7Z8C4x5ZB
— Louise Klingstedt (@LKlingstedt) October 17, 2016
In Bulgaria, Eva Paunova, Member of the European Parliament, took part in a coding event.
Happy to start #CodeEU in my home country! Setting an absolute record in 2016: more than 9,000 events in 53 countries. #Coding #GoDigital pic.twitter.com/C9pjZrRq3l
— Eva Paunova (@evapaunova) October 16, 2016
Don’t miss what is going on during @AfricaCodeWeek which takes place in 30 countries on the African continent. The goal is to engage 150,000 people
@AfricaCodeWeek Rwanda @SAPAfrica @UNESCO La Colombiere School Kigali this morning! A fun-filled morning of code to spread digital literacy pic.twitter.com/q6VwcbEghu
— ADAM HUNTER (@Hunting_Adam)
Coding and making – great combination!
#codeeu #popupmakerspace library takeover takes off with live @scratch sound visualisation demo @CodeWeekEU & @makeymakey slide changer pic.twitter.com/Zve1DudzbF
— Mark Shillitoe (@markshillitoe)
Coding super powers.
Otro año más hemos disfrutado de #CodeSevilla. Gracias a todos por hacerla posible. Programar te da superpoderes… ¡A programar! #codeEU pic.twitter.com/om5wB0936w
— José Ignacio Huertas (@jihuefer)
Many hackathons are taking place.
Coding #hackathon with our young ninjas for @CodeWeekEU at @UCLEngineering @CoderDojoLondon #EUCodeWeek #CodeWeek #CodeEU pic.twitter.com/5ZKcAjZY1b
— UCL STEM (@UCLEngEdu)
As are events just for girls.
Over 150 turn out for #CoderGirlHackDay, just up the road from #CareerZoo, and talking #tech for girls this #CodeEU! pic.twitter.com/CVhfNfW52o
— Coder Girls Rock (@CoderGirlsRock)
