Sonja’s experience of this amazing regional showcase I was fortunate enough to travel to Mechelen’s Technopolis to join CoderDojo Belgium for their impressive Coolest Projects event. On Saturday, April 28 the young tech community of Belgium came together to showcase their projects for the CoderDojo community and the public. 110 young makers presented 64 projects […]
Young coder and mountaineer Dillon Lynch was recognised at the Outsider Awards Ceremony for being the youngest person ever to complete the 32 County High Point Challenge, which he chronicled on a custom-made website. Ahead of Coolest Projects International, the 11-year-old from Mallow, Co. Cork, has taken on a new technical challenge. His new website […]
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Last year, the Raspberry Pi Foundation published research on the benefits of entering Coolest Projects. One of the main takeaways was that participating in Coolest Projects helps young people become more confident and more goal-oriented, as well as developing their coding skills. We caught up with some parents to ask how their children have benefitted […]
See below for an amazing ‘how to pitch video’ for all our young coders getting ready to present their projects next week from Emily Ross! Emily Ross is is founder of Inkvine Consultants, an international growth partner for award-winning technology firms. She helped to found not-for-profit SportsTech Ireland in 2017 to help position Ireland as […]
17-year-old Estela Liobikaitė from Strokestown, Co. Roscommon, will be one of the first makers to enter the category for 3D and animation at Coolest Projects International, the global tech showcase for young people. The event will take place on Bank Holiday Sunday, 5 May, in the RDS, Dublin. The category was introduced this year for […]
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This year we are really excited to open the applications for the Coolest Club Award to be presented at Coolest Projects International 2019. This award is for clubs who truly embody the spirit of Coolest Projects, showing creativity and collaboration. The criteria for entry are as follows; Your club must be a registered Code Club, […]
Want to help us celebrate the world’s young innovators, and have a fun day doing it? We need volunteers like you with a wide variety of skills, non-technical and technical.Sign up to volunteer Details Coolest Projects, the world’s leading technology exhibition for young people, are seeking volunteers! The event gives young people the chance to […]
Making your project, attending, and presenting your project at the event are all part of the fun of Coolest Projects. We asked our community on Twitter about their advice for how you can have the best time at Coolest Projects! Everyone is welcome Nuala McHale from the CoderDojo Foundation said, “share [your] creative ideas no […]
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Youtubers Estefannie Explains It All and Allen Pan will be attending Coolest Projects International this year! Traveling to Dublin all the way from Texas and California respectively, the two youtube sensations will be giving tech demos and keynote speeches to the thousands of attendees at the world-leading technology showcase for kids! About Estefannie Critically acclaimed […]
More than 1000 young technology innovators worldwide are busy coding and creating for Coolest Projects International 2019, the world’s leading technology fair for young people, that is taking place in the RDS, Dublin this May. And a few of the young people entering took time out of their busy schedules to showcase their works in […]