SPONSORED BY: Raspberry Pi Foundation
PARTICIPANT: 56
Developing Young Minds: Diverse Youth in Northern Ireland Learn to Code with Raspberry Pi
56 young people were given the fundamental skills of the digital age in November 2022 thanks to the groundbreaking coding initiative that Diverse Youth NI and the Raspberry Pi Foundation launched together. Seeing how important computer literacy is in today’s world, the goal of this program was to ignite participants’ enthusiasm for technology and unleash their creativity.
The program began with an immersive training session aimed at developing fundamental coding abilities. Indulging in programming, participants overcame obstacles and produced original digital works. Later, in June 2023, a crash course was started to give them the skills and self-assurance they needed to take on even bigger tasks.
Enthused, a few enthusiastic programmers decided to take on a new challenge at the end of the June crash course: getting ready for the renowned Raspberry Pi Coding Convention 2023 in Dublin. They received the assistance and resources they needed to exhibit their abilities on a global platform thanks to this rigorous preparation. The conference provided a forum for attendees to learn from one another, discuss their work, and spark a lifelong enthusiasm for coding, with Diverse Youth NI fully represented.
This is much more than just teaching programming, though. It develops analytical abilities, problem-solving techniques, and a thorough comprehension of the technical environment. Diverse Youth NI equips young people with the necessary information at a young age, enabling them to not only use technology as consumers but also as producers, utilizing their creativity and inventiveness to shape the future.
In summary, this coding program is much more than a few lines of code; it’s a significant investment in the future that will open opportunities and provide young people with the skills they need to succeed in the rapidly changing digital economy.
