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Alannah O’Connor and Rachel O’Carroll at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
THERE was a huge turnout for an event at IT Tralee on Saturday morning where students aged from seven to 17 learnt more about coding.
Mega Dojo 2018 took place at the North Campus with support from CoderDojo Ireland, CoderDojo MidWest and the Higher Education Authority. Institute of Technology Tralee was one of six third level institutes which teamed up with local dojos to offer free coding workshops at MegaDojo.
Students were taught how to code games, websites, electronic kits and more, with sessions being offered in Scratch, HTML, Python and Micro bits electronics.
There was options for complete newcomers to the world of coding, as well as sessions for those who are ready for more challenging activities.
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There was also opportunities to see and hear what the cutting-edge technology companies are doing in their region.
Co-Chairperson of Tralee CodorDojo, Garrett Thompson, was delighted with the attendance.
“We have over 600 booked in for today and most of the sessions were booked out. We’re running it for the first time here in Tralee as we normally hold our own CodorDojo class on a Saturday. We run events for ten weeks in autumn and ten weeks in spring,” he said.
Those CodorDojo classes are booked out for this term but to find out more about Tralee CodorDojo click here to go to the website.
Students playing ‘Pong’ at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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Young coders at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Rebecca and Jack Carroll with Rosemarie Lawlor with Ruby, Millie and Eli Lawlor at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
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IT Tralee student Mateusz Halata with young coders at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
Owais and Faiq Shaikh at the MegaDojo event at IT Tralee on Saturday. Photo by Dermot Crean
