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On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the newest edition of Devoxx4kids, a series of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. The occasion was organised within the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers convention, held at CERN the earlier day.



Varied workshops - “Minis” for the 4-6 yr-olds, “Kids” for the 7-10 yr-olds and “Teens” for the 11-15 yr-olds - gave the children an insight into programming and electronics through robots and video games. About 70 kids got here alongside and had been capable of showcase to their mother and father how they'd managed to programme a NAO robot to have a converstation with them or a Thymio robot to follow a path on a map, or how that they had altered the well-known Minecraft sport or developed an interactive quiz on a pc utilizing Scratch.



Devoxx4Kids was established in Antwerp, Belgium, on the fringes of the well-established Devoxx conference for Java programmers. Since its institution, Devoxx4kids has brought smiles to 1000's of children’s faces in 22 nations. Run by a workforce of volunteers headed by Xavier Bourguignon, the Swiss version of the convention is now into its eighth year. “Bringing Devoxx4kids to CERN and having it in the Globe is a dream come true!” says Xavier. Organising workshops in one of the excessive temples of science, the place the online was born, sends out a powerful sign to the children (and their dad and mom). I hope Devoxx4kids will typically come back to CERN sooner or later.” Minecraft Server List



Joao Silva, organiser of Voxxed Days CERN and CERN coordinator of Devoxx4kids adds: “The goal of the workshops is to stimulate curiosity and the imagination, and to show what can be performed with science and expertise. These workshops lead the youngsters to discover that, via video games, they can be the creators of tomorrow. Education is certainly one of CERN’s core missions, so hosting an occasion like Devoxx4kids here is entirely in line with our work.