Opening up Coolest Projects to the Raspberry Pi Community

We have an exciting announcement about Coolest Projects! This year we are opening up all centrally run Coolest Projects events to a wider audience of creators and makers in the Raspberry Pi Community, including members of Code Club, Pioneers, and Raspberry Jams.   Why? Coolest Projects was created to give young people the chance to […]

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Coolest Projects International Travel Bursary 2018

Coolest Projects International Travel Bursary 2018 We’re accepting applications for those seeking to receive a bursary for travelling to Coolest Projects International 2018 from across Europe. The 2018 Coolest Projects showcase will be held on May 26 in the Simmonscourt complex in the RDS, Dublin. Our goal is to have over 100 projects from outside […]

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New Resources to help you make your Coolest Project!

New Resources to help you make your Coolest Project! Coolest Projects International, a world leading showcase that empowers and inspires the next generation of digital creators, innovators, changemakers and entrepreneurs, will be held on Saturday 26 May! This will be the fourth year the event will be held in the RDS and the first year where Coolest […]

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Save the Date!

Coolest Projects 2018 date announced! CoderDojo Coolest Projects is a world leading showcase that empowers and inspires the next generation of digital creators, innovators, changemakers and entrepreneurs. Young people from CoderDojo clubs around the world will descend on the RDS Simmonscourt, Dublin for the opportunity to present the projects they have designed and built at […]

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Some of the awesome projects at Coolest Projects 2017!

Last June the Foundation team (and everyone we chatted too) had such an amazing two days from meeting community members at our international meet-up and pre-registration to being blown away by the diversity, complexity and originality of ninjas projects at Coolest Projects, you project presenters didn’t make the judges job easy, what with you all […]

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World Refugee Day: Congratulations Jeroen De Vos winner of our Future Makers Award 2017

World Refugee Day: Congratulations Jeroen De Vos winner of our Future Makers Award 2017   As today is World Refugee Day, we would like to congratulate Jeroen De Vos from Belgium, winner of our Future Makers Award at the CoderDojo Coolest Projects Showcase 2017 who created the ‘Welcome Here’ app that facilitates refugees integration in the […]

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The CoderDojo Coolest Projects Winners 2017!

Well done to the hundreds of CoderDojo ninjas who participated in The CoderDojo Coolest Projects Showcase on Saturday! We know you all worked hard to develop your ideas and create your projects for the Awards. You were all great presenting your projects to both the judges and public alike, so well done! We hope you really enjoyed […]

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MC Profile: Philip Smyth, award winning physicist and an engineer, loving all things weird, wonderful and explosive

MC Profile: Philip Smyth, award winning physicist and an engineer, loving all things weird, wonderful and explosive   We are thrilled to welcome back Philip Smith as MC for CoderDojo Coolest Projects for a second year. Phil is an award winning physicist and an engineer, loving all things weird, wonderful and explosive. He is a […]

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Coolest Projects Showcase: A Handy Guide for Parents

Across 17 countries preparations are underway for this year’s CoderDojo Coolest Projects Showcase! As a parent of a CoderDojo ninja, who has attended the event the last two years I know first-hand what it’s like. In light of this I thought it would be great to share some insights and tips I’ve picked up over the […]

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MC Profile: Gillian Stedman, presenter of RTÉ news2day

MC Profile: Gillian Stedman presenter of RTÉ news2day      We are delighted to announce Gillian Stedman, presenter of RTÉ news2day as MC for the CoderDojo Coolest Projects Showcase 2017.   Gill is from Greystones, County Wicklow and is the presenter of RTÉ news2day, the children’s news programme on RTÉ2. She studied Journalism at the Dublin […]

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