Great Pytch Trinity College Dublin workshops Technological University of the Shannon with 100 secondary schools students in Thurles!🎉 Thanks to Pam & Natasha for organizing this & to teachers & learners who joined us. Amazing to see such positive engagement! Learn more about our new Pytch editor: pytch.scss.tcd.ie/news/

20th ICT in Education … #ictedu

Record funding of €164 million has been announced by Minister Heather Humphreys for 30 landmark regeneration projects across the country. Read more here: gov.ie/en/press-relea… #OurRuralFuture

20 SECONDS OF SCIENCE: #Cells that die inside your body are eaten by other cells. When cells die, they are consumed by #phagocytes known otherwise as white #blood cells. I's their job to digest other cells as well as #pathogens in your blood. #STEMinAction #sciencefacts #STEM

Tomorrow marks the start of our Digital Citizenship Champion Programme training! We're thrilled to welcome our first group of educators ready to advance digital citizenship in their schools and local areas.

Dreamspace, here they come!!! All very excited for their trip Monday to Microsoft! Rossmore Scratchers and Rossmore NS on tour!!! Best of luck to all the projects for do your:bit! Michael Barrett OurKidsCode Rossmore NS

3 Super members being supermodels of our new Coding club kit and banner! We have come so far in 18 months, very proud moment for all the coding families!

Nice day at #corkcarnivalofscience. Really busy Munster Technological University VEX Robotics tent managed by Dean Hodge & Chelsea. Large numbers attending. Munster Technological University Cork City Council Old Cork WaterWorks Experience Hugh McGlynn Computer Science & Computing at MTU

We had a great time over the weekend at the #corkcarnivalofscience. Great to chat with so many parents and educators interested in bringing OurKidsCode to their communities across County Cork Cork County Council Old Cork WaterWorks Experience #ConnectedCommunities Department of Rural and Community Development Science Foundation Ireland

Hearing news from Dreamspace today and Rossmore Scratchers winning prizes in 2 categories: 'most interactive club' and 'use of technology to tackle SDGs' with the Buddy:bit project. So proud of our club today and every day! Congratulations to Rossmore Ns on their success today 2!

20 SECONDS OF SCIENCE: The Chinese spacecraft Chang’e 4 took cotton seeds to the far side of the #Moon. Cottonseed sprouted in January 2019 inside the spacecraft in the Von Kármán Crater of the Moon. Sadly, they died from the cold shortly afterwards. #STEMinAction #sciencefacts

A huge congratulations to Aoibinn, Fiadh & Roisín who won 'Most Innovative Project' at Microsoft Education Ireland Dreamspace event through their involvement with their local OurKidsCode club. Sisterly teamwork at its finest!

We had an absolute blast over the past few days participating in the 2024 Dream Space Showcase! Congratulations to all the clubs that travelled to Dublin to present their amazing projects. ourkidscode.ie/ourkidscode-cl… #MSDreamspace

A great second OurKidsCode session with parents and children of St Bernadette's SNS Clondalkin this morning creating dance mats with makey makeys and scratch coding! 👩‍💻👨‍💻💃🕺✂🧵Our Clondalkin Kids (and parents!) Code 😎 South Dublin County Partnership

I've created a series of 'Tin Foil Electronics' Lessons for the Micro:bit Educational Foundation. I have chosen 5 projects from across the micro:bit community and made them as simple as possible to re-create in the classroom. I have videos, lesson plans, PPTs and code here: mrmorrison.co.uk/microbit/tinfo…

Incredible excitement in the Gleneagle Hotel as schools showcase their incredible projects #weaveproject TORIE

We had a wonderful day at Dreamspace, Dublin. Huge congratulations to all the pupils Rossmore NS for their amazing projects. Special congrats to the team involved in The Concussion Alert Monitorwhich won the Global Goal Award. Sincere thanks to Michael Barrett Microsoft Education Ireland

Thrilled to see our Meath clubs featuring in LMFM RADIO and Meath Chronicle following their outstanding efforts in Dream Space Showcase #MSdreamspace Check out the coverage here ourkidscode.ie/news-events/

We're hosting some great Family Coding Workshops with OurKidsCode in 5 of our libraries in July. In these ‘Taster’ sessions you will be making a working Dance Mat using SCRATCH coding, a Makey Makey and paper plates! For more info and booking visit meath.ie/council/events…