Circuits and magic mirrors: How the BNY Mellon Dojo is preparing for Coolest Projects

At the BNY Mellon CoderDojo club — based in the Dublin Docklands — the young attendees are busy getting their ideas together for Coolest Projects International. There is a wonderful atmosphere at this industrious club on a Friday evening, which has eight young people in attendance between the ages of 7 and 12. This evening, […]

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3 tips to get your project started for Coolest Projects International!

If you know a young person with an interest in tech, you may be thinking of coming to Coolest Projects International. This awesome event is open to young people up to the age of 18, and it’s a great opportunity for them to showcase the projects they have created with technology.  You do not need […]

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Travel bursary tales: Sofia and Mihai’s dream to save endangered species

Sofia and Mihai, both aged 9, travelled to Coolest Projects International 2019 from Slatina in Romania, where they attend a Code Club in their community. Sofia and Mihai both love animals, and created their project, Friendship Saves Endangered Species, to raise awareness about the fragile ecosystem.  New friends and new skills For Sofia and Mihai, […]

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Travel bursary tales: A Code Club team’s adventure from Coolest Projects UK to Dublin

Jack, Bethan, Elsa, Lily, and Tara (all aged between 11 and 12), a team from a Code Club in Scotland, travelled to Dublin to present their project at Coolest Projects International 2019, having participated in Coolest Projects UK a few months earlier. Their project, M.A.D. About Litter, was inspired by concerns about the planet and […]

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Travel bursary tales: How Ana and Isabel found a community of like-minded people at Coolest Projects

Ana (18) and Isabel (12) both attend the Esposende @ Associação de Cidadãos de Esposende Dojo in Portugal, and were able to participate in Coolest Projects International 2019 thanks to a travel bursary.  Their project, Animal Friends, was a system to allow pet owners to interact with their pets when the owners are away from […]

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Travel bursary tales: Andy and Alp’s “unique and unforgettable experience”

With the help of a travel bursary, Andy Emre Kocak, aged 13, travelled from Istanbul to Dublin in May 2019 to attend Coolest Projects International. Andy traveled with other members of the Hisar School’s coding club, including his teammate, Alp, aged 14. Andy and Alp presented their project uPi Robot Kit, a Raspberry Pi–powered kit […]

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Coolest Projects project registration now open!

Since the first Coolest Projects showcase in 2012, thousands of young people from around the world have been celebrated and rewarded for their innovation, creativity, entrepreneurship, and technology skills at these free annual youth tech showcases. We want to continue to expand access to Coolest Projects and technology education for young people, and we are […]

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Apply for a travel bursary for Coolest Projects International 2019

Apply for a travel bursary for Coolest Projects International 2019 We’re accepting applications from community members who would like to receive a bursary for travelling to Coolest Projects International 2019 from around the world. The 2019 international Coolest Projects showcase will be held on Sunday, 5 May in the Main Hall, RDS, Dublin, Ireland. In […]

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Girls at Coolest Projects International 2018

Girls at Coolest Projects International 2018 Recently, during CoderDojo’s seventh birthday party, the CoderDojo team made a commitment to recruit 5000 new female volunteers into the community by 2021. And we decided to highlight some of the amazing projects made by girls who attended Coolest Projects International 2018! Today we hear about a couple of […]

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Category Winners at Coolest Projects International

Category Winners at Coolest Projects International The seventh annual Coolest Projects International 2018 which took place in Dublin on Saturday May 26th did not disappoint, with an array of Projects across six category areas; Scratch, Websites, Games and Web Games, Mobile Applications, Hardware and Evolution. An expert panel of judges awarded prizes in these six project categories as well as five […]

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