CoderDojo Mullingar

Please be aware of misinformation currently in circulation online and through direct messaging apps that is related to an alleged incident at Finglas this morning. Thank you.

At CoderDojo Mullingar we may not have an overflowing trophy cabinet, but I bet we have the #bestcake! Look at this amazing creation one of our ninja’s parents sent in this morning for our last session of the Summer!!

@jmcatominey @CoderDojo And so it was! Always great to connect with other community members. Totally buzzed and re-energised, and already looking forward to the next one! Congratulations & thanks to @jmcatominey and the @CoderDojo team for organising another great event.

The @CoderDojo team have assembled, and volunteers from across Ireland have begun to arrive, it’s going to be a great day!

People asking us about big #bumblebees they’re noticing on the wing at this time of year. Here’s a quick 🙄 thread explaining. Please #retweet as the more people who know that these are queens the more likely that someone will help some out meaning more colonies next year. 1/15

It was great to chat to @adrianweckler this week about tech, how I got into it and of course a bit about @joinpatch_

Are you coming to the Fleadh? As official media partner of Fleadh Cheoil na hÉireann, RTÉ is proud to celebrate the world’s largest festival of Irish music, song, dance, agus comhrá Gaeilge. 31 July - 7 August 2022 | Mullingar, Co. Westmeath #TheHomecoming #Fleadh22

❤️ Computational thinking tasks for Valentine's Day ❤️ We have added five Valentine's Day-themed computational thinking tasks to our website pact.cs.nuim.ie/resources. @MU_CompSci @scienceirel #Bebras #ComputationalThinking

Had our first in-person Dojo session in almost 2 years yesterday. All surprisingly good but future coders could benefit from expanding their keyboard skills beyond WASD 🤣. typing.com has some fun games to help develop these, and not just for kids!

I know a kid who does this while holding his breath, but this is next-level. You could hold a gun to my head and give me 14 days and I wouldn't be able to solve this. People's brains are wired differently.

Back in business this Saturday, but with limited numbers. Not sure how wise it is to publish an eventbrite link here though so maybe drop a DM if you want in?

If you can't tell by my Twitter I really enjoyed my time at @joinpatch_ It's a phenomenal programme and I'd encourage any ambitious young people to apply! @ColaisteCoding @CoderDojoMgar @StudentEntProg @Sorcha_FinTech @RMastersonEd @genzmafia #Ireland #GenZ @Hothouse_TUDub

This explains some things.

Next time you encounter someone who thinks that economic growth intrinsically means doing more damage to the environment, show them this graph.

Legend.

Do you know "stuff" about mice or Routers or WiFi or Browsers or Alexa or iPhones or Galaxies or iPads or...ANY of that stuff...if you do, PLEASE volunteer tinyurl.com/tjh2rp7 & support Irish elderly with their tech. It could be your Mum, Dad or Grandparents.

People are noticing how invasive Zoom is. The takeaway isn’t that Zoom is spyware, it’s that spyware tactics are a common feature of enterprise software. Surveillance techniques pioneered in call centers and fast food kitchens are spreading to all workers.

@coderdojoathenr Love it. I did a version of S & L myself a couple of years ago as an exercise, but I can see a few improvements from your version that I can apply to it. I always encourage ninjas to look to the classic board games for ideas and mechanisms. And your teaching style is excellent!

Video Week 1 – Snakes & Ladders coderdojoathenry.org/2020/03/18/vid…

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