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Final Call to Young Irish Coders
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The deadline for entries to the Google ‘Call to Code’ online
coding competition for post-primary students is fast
approaching. This is the second year of the competition
designed by Google Ireland to find the coders and computer
scientists of tomorrow. 2,500 students took part in the inaugural
competition and it is hoped that even more will take part this year.
“Google Ireland created this competition to gain a better
understanding of the knowledge of and interest in coding
among students,” explained Claire Conneely, Computer Science
Education Manager, Google Ireland. “Coding is for everyone,
male and female, and successful coding is about logic, creativity
and problem-solving: if you have those skills, you can code.”
She added, “Call to Code is open to all post-primary school
students, even those who are completely new to coding. We
created this competition to gain a better understanding of the
knowledge of and the interest in coding at post-primary level in
Ireland. Last year we had 422 teachers from 268 schools
register their students to take part in the 2014 Call to Code
competition, which was fantastic. This year, we want as many
students as possible to take part and try out coding and
perhaps they will find that they have a hidden talent.”
Acknowledging the vital role teachers play in inspiring their
students, Google has provided a range of resources on the
contest website, from complete beginner to advanced level, to
support teachers to introduce their students to computer
science and to encourage them to learn to code. Weekly
practice challenges also help students to develop their coding
skills and confidence ahead of the qualifying round of the
competition which will take place online on Wednesday 25th of
November.
Post-primary school teachers have until midday Monday 23rd
of November to register their students to take part in the
competition. Registered students will then be invited to take part
in the first round of the competition on Wednesday 25th of
November, where they will be set challenges and coding puzzles
designed by Google engineers. From this qualification round, 40
finalists will be selected to come to Google’s EMEA
Headquarters in Dublin on the 9th of December to take part in
the competition final. Students will be in with a chance to win
some great prizes for themselves and there is also a prize for
teachers with the largest number of students entered into the
competition.
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