26th July 2018
Mission Possible: Empowering the Future Generation of Girls with Coding
Dr. Aygul Zagidullina is a London lead for Google Women Techmakers, which is a programme that provides support and resources for women in technology. Aygul runs a Code Club at the Wembley Library in London, and she is passionate about promoting an equal gender balance at her club. Here she shares her advice on inspiring …
12th July 2018
Rik explains: encouraging learners to collaborate in Scratch
Rik Cross is the Interim Head of Content and Curriculum at the Raspberry Pi Foundation. He also runs a Code Club and is a former secondary school teacher. So he has a wealth of knowledge about all things Code Club and Scratch, which he shares with you in our blog series ‘Rik explains’. Today I’m …
4th July 2018
Finding hardware for your Code Club
Clubs often ask us about how to find low-cost or recycled equipment for their sessions. In this post, three members of the Code Club community tell us how they have secured extra equipment for their club. You don’t need a lot of equipment to run a Code Club The only essential equipment you need at …
13th June 2018
How to move from Scratch to Python in Code Club
Most Code Clubs start out with Scratch, but when the time is right, you might want to try out some text-based languages such as Python in your club. In this post, we explain how to introduce the Python language in a fun and engaging way. When to introduce Python in Code Club Many programmers use …
