This special series focuses on important community issues, innovative solutions to societal challenges, and people and non-profit groups making an impact through technology. by Taylor Soper on Sep 16, ...

A volunteer group of IT professionals hopes to inspire a new generation of software developers by teaching programming skills to children as young as seven. A volunteer group of IT professionals hopes ...

On Saturday afternoon a group of 30 pint size wannabe hackers gathered at the GitHub offices in San Francisco for the first CoderDojo in the United States. Irish teen sensation, James Whelton had ...

The CoderDojo movement’s first series of micro-start-ups – businesses run by young tech entrepreneurs ranging in ages from 12 to 17 – have located their first office at the National Software Centre in ...

LIKE A lot of adults who have heard about CoderDojo ( Coderdojo.com), James Whelton's wonderful Irish initiative to teach children how to code, you might be feeling a little left out. CoderDojo has ...

James Whelton and Bill Liao’s CoderDojo movement is just over six months old but has ignited a grassroots revolution that has seen kids and teens flock to the events to learn how to code for their ...

The Raspberry Pi Foundation has announced it’s merging with another code club charity, Dublin-based CoderDojo. The aim is to advance shared goals around furthering the march of computing education for ...

CoderDojo doesn”t necessarily roll off the tongue. Neither do HTML, CSS or even JavaScript. But by the time students earn their black badge, they”ll be fluent in them all. An international idea ...

When James Whelton was 18, he turned down €100,000 for a 10 per cent stake in his company Social Force in order to develop CoderDojo. While it was a huge decision at the time, Whelton knew he wouldn't ...

CoderDojo is an open source, volunteer-led movement that establishes free, nonprofit coding clubs and sessions for elementary, middle and high school students. There are more than 440 clubs in 43 ...