Code Hero by Cartea Daliei
Ioana Chiorean
Romanian Ambassador for CW
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Cartea Daliei ( Dalia’s Book)
An NGO that support education and digital skills. Aa studies show, in 2030 over 90% of jobs will use technology, but in Romania only 26% of us have #digitalskills. So, the mission of tis NGO is to create programs that will fill the gap. At least, they try,
Code Week Activity organizers.
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The year of covid-19
In the beginning of 2020, people from the entire world were confronted with something that the vast majority of us did not understand and have never thought we’d see in this lifetime: a global pandemic. As a result, entire country populations have been forced into a mass lockdown in their own homes, schools have been closed and systems went through rapid overnight digital transformations
forever changing the way we live and work.
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Children were left behind in Romania
2.6 million children were forced to isolate at home. For the vast majority of them this meant that they stopped learning.
37% of primary school students didn’t have at home the technology to learn online
and around 40% of teachers were not prepared to teach in a fully virtual environment and have not done any activities to continue education.
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Inequalities maximized
Children from the poorest households are already almost five times more likely to be out of primary school than those from the richest. Being out of school also increases the risk of teenage pregnancy, sexual exploitation, child marriage, violence and other threats. Further, prolonged closures disrupt essential school-based services such as immunization, school feeding, and mental health and psychosocial support, and can cause stress and anxiety due to the loss of peer interaction and disrupted routines. These negative impacts will be significantly higher for marginalized children. An entire generation of students
could suffer damage to their learning and potential.
(UNICEF 2020)
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“Information should not be a priviledge”
Una Kravets
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The coding club is ready to start!
We gave volunteers the necessary materials (Creative Computing)
Parents from Romania enrolled their children
Groups in which 1-2 volunteers teach 3-6 students were created
Volunteers from all over Europe registered through our site
Volunteers were trained to work with children and online educational resources.
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110 volunteers 419 students
110 Technology professionals from Romania and Romanian Diaspora have answered the call to help children continue learning during the pandemic, while at home.
419 students between 9 and 13 years old are currently learning coding, by creating animations, stories and games in Scratch.
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Scratch Lessons
Lesson - Orange Square, Purple Circle
Step 1: - check the studio for some example
Step 2 - Present them and debate on how they are implemented
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Scratch Lessons
Step 3: - spend 25 mins to create from a draft one a remix
Step 4 - present
Step 5 - get feedback, debate
Step 6 - continue at home to add more.
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mozilla manifesto
We are committed to an internet that includes all the peoples of the earth — where a person’s demographic characteristics do not determine their online access, opportunities, or quality of experience.
Thank you!
Questions?
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