Recently we talked about Neelie Kroes, vice president of the European Commission, who explained the job opportunities offered by the Internet and ICT. The work of young advisors, a group of people from all over Europe who seek to promote a digital society, is promoted through the Digital Agenda. Their challenge is to apply their knowledge and talent to share new ideas for society to move forward and evolve. One of the initiatives that has been launched is the Code Week (Programming week), whose map of initiatives can be seen on the map that illustrates the article.
The young Spaniards participating in the initiative are: Alberto Elías, an Android programmer with experience in Internet developments and Luis Iván Cuende, a young entrepreneur and founder of Asturix and Cardwee. In any case of the initiatives in Spain for this week, and except for error, only two points appear, one at the Complutense University of Madrid and another at the Polytechnic University of Valencia. In addition, the Code Week page informs about the events that took place in Spain and that from my point of view are clearly minority, insufficient and that should make us reflect for being very far from initiatives in which the smallest should be the protagonists.
Meanwhile, in other countries, for example, Ireland, the initiatives multiply as you can see on the map. In Ireland the young ambassador is Julie Cullen, a teacher specialized in how to use emerging technologies in a creative way and with a business vision. Below you can see the video summary of the initiative in which SAP also apparently intervened giving programmers to participate and share experiences with students.
The week of the code in Europe has been celebrated from November 25 to 30 and in all cases it has been very exciting to see the work of the kids from all corners of Europe. In addition, this initiative is expected to have continuity and that children can continue practicing and learning.
For example, and as we recently commented on Peques and Más with the Code Club initiative, children can program in Scratch and share the learning. Here is an example of the programs carried out by twelve children between the ages of 8 and 14 during the week.
