Code Week Podcast EU Code Week

In this chapter, EU Code Week meets the European Space Agency, ESA on Education. Listen to discover what made the ESA Educators join this task, how ESA sees that SPACE can transform Education in Europe, by educating students from primary school to PHD level with challenging coding tasks and ways to make your projects (literally) be launched into SPACE.
ESA shares how digital skills can be applied to something that seems as unreachable as space and by participating in one challenge be engaged to the topic of space forever, even for people that studied Humanities.
The way ESA educates aims to enriching technologically our society, for students interested in STEM and beyond.
ESA Education is about raising good citizens, preparing people to take the best decisions and to understand that SPACE and Science are topics that relate to all of us, and not only the technology and coding enthusiast.

In this episode, we speak about the reasons and ways to bring coding into many subjects at school. Learn more about how coding can be used in STEM learning, Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics!

In this episode, Ibrahim Oussari, founder and CEO of Molengeek, shares his inspiring story. Born in Molenbeek to Moroccan immigrant parents and having left school at 13, Ibrahim became a successful entrepreneur. He launched several companies and became a local role model, advocating for accessible technology education. Molengeek, based in Brussels, has grown into a pan-European project with centers in multiple European and African cities, providing opportunities for young people to engage in technology and entrepreneurship.

In our first episode for 2024, we had the pleasure of engaging in a fascinating conversation with Koen Timmers. In this insightful discussion, we explored the pivotal role of coding in combating climate change and how it has spurred the creation of the Climate Action Project. Koen, web design professor and teacher for 20 years,created the initiative dedicated to addressing the climate emergency alongside a dedicated community of teachers. We reflect on how technology, for many of us, has proven to be a catalyst, encouraging collaboration and allowing us to confront global challenges collectively. Click on the link and jump in!

Do you know what is the relation between coding and Lego? Discover it here! In fact we are excited to share this podcast episode with Katarina Veljkovic, she is Global Teacher Prize finalist from Serbia. She employs original and innovative learning techniques that leverage modern information technology, including robots, Lego robots, mobile phones, and virtual worlds! Through these tools, I inspire my students, fostering their creativity in addressing a wide range of real-life challenges. Want to know how? Press play!

We are excited to introduce here Jowita Michalska! Jowita is Founder of Digital University, a leading educational organisation in Poland, this offer a world-class educational experience, building and digital mindset. The target groups are various bit they span from people interested in digital transformation to youth. Jowita is not only the the Founder and CEO of Digital University she has also been involved with European Union initiatives being a Digital European Union Ambassador. We will talk about jobs, Chat GPT and many other topics.