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  "id": 907,
  "date": "2024-12-28T19:15:00+01:00",
  "start": "19:15",
  "duration": "00:40",
  "room": "Stage YELL",
  "slug": "38c3-let-s-spark-children-s-interest-in-coding",
  "url": "https://events.ccc.de/congress/2024/hub/de/event/let-s-spark-children-s-interest-in-coding/",
  "title": "Let\u2019s spark children\u2019s  interest in coding",
  "subtitle": null,
  "language": "en",
  "track": null,
  "type": "Talk 40 (30min +10 Q&A)",
  "abstract": "How can we spark children's interest in coding and tinkering. In this talk we will present the ongoing activities of the Free Software Foundation Europe to get the next generation of Haecksen and Hackers interested in tech, with a focus on diversity.",
  "description": "Today it is impossible to imagine daily life  without software. The majority of us can\u2019t spend a single day without using it. People use software in the workplace, on laptops, and on  mobile phones. Software is also found in less obvious places however: in  trains, cars, televisions, washing-machines, fridges, and many other  devices. None of these devices could function without software. Without  software we couldn\u2019t write e-mails, make phone calls, go shopping, or  travel as we are accustomed to. Software is our society\u2019s central tool.  How do we ensure that the next generation is motivated and capable of  shaping technology for society\u2019s benefits?\r\n\r\nThe Free Software Foundation Europe\u2019s volunteers and staff have  interacted with over 1700 children between 6 to 10 years in the past  months. Children, especially girls, afterwards were motivated to start  experimenting with hardware and software. In the discussions we saw that  they realise how crucial technology will be for them.  The story of Ada made it into a war hospital with children with disability that felt identified with it as one of the book characters has a 3D printed leg.\r\n\r\nFurthermore with  the FSFE\u2019s coding competition \u201cYouth Hacking 4 Freedom\u201d we gathered  experiences working with teenagers who program, tinker, and have fun  with software. YH4F has also been a place for diversity during its first three editions.\r\n\r\nLearn more about the experiences how the FSFE sparks children\u2019s and  teenagers interest to tinker, experiment and program. Furthermore you  will see how fulfilling those activities can be for yourself.",
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  "origin_url": "https://cfp.cccv.de/38c3-community-stages/talk/9TLXBW/",
  "feedback_url": "https://cfp.cccv.de/38c3-community-stages/talk/9TLXBW/feedback/"
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