Shannon Coder Dojo

16/03/2026

Had a great time creating games using our new Newbit Arcade Shield for micro:bit. It was a great opportunity for the students to learn how coding can turn their ideas into real, playable games.

13/03/2026

13/03/2026

Ei Electronics Thank you for your support! 🙏

13/02/2026

Block coded at Microsoft Makecode for Microbit website

13/02/2026

Hi Folks,

Izabela and myself (Tony) will try the following in tomorrow's CoderDojo session.

First we will welcome everyone and introduce Izabela and myself.

Then I'll ask if there is specific project anybody is working on.
If there is I will sit with each of them later and offer any guidance - if needed.
If not I will suggest we explore how to code a Pirate Treasure hunt game on the micro:bit,

I will lay out the rules to the game and leave them each a pre-programmed micro:bit to try out the game on (before they try to code it themselves).
(We have seven micro:bits. Each in a bag with game info, cables and battery pack).

They will then be encourage to code the game themselves.
During the first hour myself and Izabela will sit with each of those attending.
(Sometimes people just want to have someone listen or say well done to them. They don't always need technical support).

If the game is proving too hard to code I will guide people into a possible solution by discussing the main logic.
(I will also have a USB with a possible implementation I can load to their laptop).

But we will try to spend most of our time sitting with individuals.

At the end of the day they are all 10 to 13 years old so I just want them to have fun and yet still be challenged a bit. :)

We will break for 10 mins after and hour and I'll try to find something interesting to demo after the break.
(Maybe how an AI assistant tries to code the game given a description)

All 7 bags with instructions ready for tomorrow afternoon :) See you there.

Coder Dojo Ennis
Coderdojo Midwest
CoderDojo

24/01/2026

Thank you to all our students for joining today’s Shannon Coder Dojo session.

We’re proud of how focused and curious everyone was - great work today! Looking forward to our next session and to building even more amazing projects together.

21/01/2026

Shannon Coder Dojo is back!
Our next session takes place this Saturday, 24 January, 2-4pm in Shannon Town Center.
Booking essential.
DM for more info or text Izabela 0862 892 762.

Ei Electronics- thank you for your support. We truly appreciate it!

See you Saturday 🥳👋