Code Week Podcast

In this episode, Eugenia and Arjana discusses starting to code at a young age with Avanti Sharma, Pre-Teen Technology Specialist at Workshop4Me. They talk about Avanti’s story of how she was inspired by her mother, Madhumalti Sharma, who is also a Code Week Ambassador for Luxembourg, and about her work in inspiring young people, particularly girls, to start their coding journey.

Coding can be introduced in schools in a number of ways, and one of the most accessible tools to do so is Scratch. Eugenia and Tommaso are joined by Jacy Edelman, the Scratch Foundation’s Experience and Engagement Manager, to explore the ways which Scratch can be used to teach coding across a number of subjects, with a diverse range of students.

Arjana and Eugenia explore computational thinking in this episode, and address key questions such as: how can it be brought into school curricula and what is its relevance, now and in the future? To be able to answer these questions, and others, they have invited Miles Berry, a professor at the University of Roehampton in England.

Arjana and Eugenia are joined by two special guests – Janne Elvelid, the Head of Public Policy for Sweden and Finland at Meta and Alja Isaković, co-founder of Artesia.si. They are both part of the group of Young Advisors who launched EU Code Week in 2013. They discuss how Code Week got started, their motivations for doing so, and share ideas for the future.

Join Eugenia and Arjana as they learn the basics of open-source programming from Horst Jens, an Austrian programming teacher. He sheds light on the best practices for introducing open-source programming to your classroom.

In this episode, Eugenia and Maha have invited Isabel Blanco, a teacher from Spain, to join them on a podcast episode focusing on robotics, and how it can be taught. They explore teaching methods and best practices, but also the ways in which robotics can enhance the teaching of various different subjects.

Eugenia and Arjana are joined by Kyriakos Koursaris from Cyprus, who is Technology Director at the United Lisbon International School in Portugal. He offers valuable insight into the role of coding in music, and the various ways which they can be combined to create fascinating and enjoyable activities in the classroom to foster the simultaneous learning of music and digital skills.

In this episode, we shed light on EU Code Week’s local teacher training sessions. Eugenia is joined by Maria Tsapara, a teacher from Greece, and James Callus, Head of Department for Digital Literacy at the Ministry of Education in Malta. They are both leading teachers, which means they are responsible for developing their local communities of teachers to bring innovation to classrooms.

To learn more about Code Week, Maha and Eugenia are joined by Annika Ostergren Pofantis, from the European Commission, and Tommaso Dalla Vecchia, from the European Schoolnet. They are both instrumental to the current and past successes of Code Week, so are able to offer a unique insight into the role, and future, of EU Code Week.

Eugenia and Arjana explore ways to increase the presence of women in the STEM field, and how to close the gender gap in science and technology. They are joined by Evangelia Balatsou, a Greek scientist and founder of Greek Girls Code, which is a social enterprise that supports Greek women in pursuing careers in STEM.