Year 8 is too late
Every time we run Young Rewired State, indeed pretty much every time Rewired State runs any hack, we are asked: What is the male/female ratio? The answer to this question is usually 5% max female....
View ArticleHow to initiate kids (or anyone) in coding
This post is a follow on from the one I wrote about how we need to start teaching children to code in their junior years (Year 5 is my stab in the dark). This would address the issue of fewer female...
View ArticleTeach our kids to code e-petition
So after declaring that this would not become a personal mission for me in my post: year 8 is too late it has become a personal mission. The petition is appallingly written. In my defence it was a...
View ArticleMy ICT teacher can’t mark my homework
Three years ago in August 2009 we ran the first ever Young Rewired State – a hack weekend aimed at the young developer community. I was determined to try to engage them with the exciting (sic) world of...
View ArticleOpen Education and freedom to teach computing
I think anyone vaguely awake in the education and digital space cannot have failed to notice that 2012 is the year of Computer Science, of coding and kids. 2011 was a cacophony of noise about why this...
View ArticleLearn to code at any age
This is a cross-post of something I wrote for The Guardian, but just thought would be handy to have on the blog over here. It is also a small update from an old post: How to teach kids, or anyone, how...
View ArticleSocial enterprise and the power of breaking stuff
I think we can pretty much accept that the traditional model of making the world work and surviving in it has broken, even for bankers. Whether this be the status quo for those on benefits, the funding...
View ArticleHow to put girls off from all forms of programming/tech by Emma der Mulqueeny
I am a bloody idiot. This year, as every year, I decided that I would have one major focus for Young Rewired State in addition to the general idea: introducing young programmers to open data. This year...
View ArticleYoung Rewired State Year 5: Everywhere and Hyperlocal
So the time has come when we are all itching for more Young Rewired State, and interestingly it seems that year 4-5 of this thing is when it all starts to get local. As you know, we like to try stuff...
View ArticleYear 8 is too late (part 2)
A whole year and a half ago, in August 2011, I wrote a post called: Year 8 is too late, this post is an update to that one, because – worryingly – this is not recognised as an issue. To me it is...
View ArticleRound the world with Young Rewired State {Everywhere}
Last year and earlier this year I blogged about wanting to run Young Rewired State around the world. This was in response to so many people from other countries getting in touch and saying how much...
View ArticleWhy should kids learn how to code?
I get asked to respond to this question in public and private forums a *lot*. I often trot out the driver/passenger analogy, but this is not necessarily a good explanation for children. So here is...
View Article’14 things I learned: family, 97ers, crowd funding and hiring people…...
As we kiss goodbye to 2014, here are my top 14 things I learned this year that may be handy for me to remember and for you too, maybe! (In no order): 1. Understanding kids born in 1997 or after is...
View ArticleFestival of Code 2015: call for centres
The Festival of Code is a UK based (but open to all countries) event, run by Young Rewired State (YRS) that happens every year in late July/early August. This year it starts on the 27th July with the...
View ArticleCalling all young scientists and geeks for a free Summer hack in August #H2Hack
You may have heard of the first ever Hydrogen hack happening in the UK this summer, run by the uber cool Arcola Energy team, ahead of the launch of their education programme. The latest news is that we...
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