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| Formation | 23 July 2011 |
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| Founders | Bill Liao, James Whelton |
| Founded at | Cork, Ireland |
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| Bill Liao, James Whelton, Una Fox, Sean O’Sullivan, Noel Ruane | |
Key people | Mary Moloney, Giustina Mizzoni, Peter O’Shea, Rosa Langhammer |
| Website | coderdojo.com |
CoderDojo is a global volunteer-led community of free programming workshops for young people (not to be confused with Code Ninjas who is also a coding business that refers to their locations as dojos). The movement is a grassroots organisation with individual clubs (called "Dojos") acting independently. A charity called the CoderDojo Foundation operates out of Dublin, Ireland, and supports the various clubs by providing a central website[1] and other support services. Supporters of CoderDojo believe it is part of the solution to address the global shortage[2][3] of programmers by getting young people more involved with ICT learning. The movement has seen significant growth since its founding. The CoderDojo Foundation estimates 1,250 Dojos spread across 69 countries,[4] with a growth rate of several new Dojos every week.
- ^ CoderDojo Foundation Official Webpage Archived 8 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Globally there is a monumental shortage of programmers with the EU predicting a shortfall of almost 1 million technical workers by 2020 "Lack of coding skills may lead to skills shortage in Europe".
- ^ "IT skills shortage is hurting UK companies". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 12 July 2015.
- ^ Raspberry Pi and CoderDojo Join Forces