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Coding with Workshop4Me

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17th June 2018, Sunday, 2 pm – 3:30 pm

Workshop4Me offers a fantastic opportunity for children who love computers and gaming to extend their knowledge beyond ‘playing passively’ to ‘learning creatively’ in the medium. Many parents out there will bemoan the former and will appreciate the latter, especially if their children are being productive with their time on the computer and developing new skill-sets along the way. Using their natural curiosity, children learn to code, to think logically, to debug and solve problems, and drive projects. All that while playing, having fun and making friends.

What:

The awesome mentors from Workshop4Me, among them tech whiz Leo, 16, and #girlintech Avanti, 11, introduce children to Computer Science using paper and computer based exercises. Once the participants have learned the basic concepts, they make their own projects using drag and drop programming on Scratch. Or they can build their own mobile application. Those with a good grasp of computer science concepts can dive deeper learning Python. And then… the sky is the limit.

Workshop4Me also organises special events throughout the year to celebrate EU Code Week in October, the Hour of Code in December, the International Women’s Day in March, the Scratch Day in May, the Science Week in June/July.

The venue:

They are located in Kirchberg, Luxembourg, and regular sessions are held Saturdays and Sundays. To learn more about their events and how you can join them, check their website: http://www.workshop4me.org/ or like them on Faccebook.

Learn.Code.Play

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WordPress for Non-Developers

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20th June 2018, Wednesday, 7 pm

Less than 1% of the world population are developers. The remaining 99.7533% of the people on Earth belong to the not-so-exclusive ‘regular humans’ club. The fact that the speaker, Nick, is not a wiz of PHP, MySQL, Big Data or Java Script makes him part of this very big community.

Yet, being a ‘regular human’ does not mean one cannot have their own website, or their own online shop and by no way does it mean that one should not know how to protect themselves against cybervillains. The same should apply to everyone.

If learning how to be a tech-savvy regular human being sounds like something you would be interested in, then come and join us at the WordPress for Non-Developers meetup by MICSE. During the workshop, Nick will share his experience of creating WordPress websites in the past few years. He will also run a practical case study and will show you many ways in which a website can go wrong… and how to fix it. No single website is made from the first try. It is all about learning by doing and learning by making mistakes.

The speaker

Nick Todorov works as a community manager and website administrator for a large corporation, which essentially means he gets paid to be on Facebook. He likes start-ups, translating books and fixing websites that he has managed to break in unimaginable ways.

The venue:

Level2 hackerspace is located at 87 Route de Thionville, Luxembourg. The entrance is from the backyard. More info on level2.lu

Places are limited so make sure you register on Meetup in time.

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Important to know:

Meeting will be held in English and is free.

Doors open at 18:30 – grab a drink, meet and chat with other attendees and the hosts, make yourself comfortable before we start.

Drinks and snacks are available at Level2 for a reasonable price (price list available at the venue).

If the door is closed, ring the syn2cat /Level2 bell or call 20 333 550 – we will open the door for you!

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See you there!

Bis geschwënn!

Geekweek Luxembourg team

CodingClub

Open Doors at Code Club Strassen

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20th June 2018, Wednesday, 6 pm – 7 pm

Let’s visit Code Club Luxembourg! Code Club Strassen opens its doors on Wednesday so join us and take a peek at all the awesome things kids there do: researching, developing and building our own retro-gaming consoles!

Code Club weekly after-school sessions are aimed at children aged 8 to 11, different levels, and are held around the country free of charge. They are about fun, creativity and learning through exploring. It’s important that the children enjoy their time at Code Club and that it doesn’t feel like another school lesson. They should understand that they’re in charge of the computer, and can (and should) make it do what they want, not the other way around. Other benefits of Code Club, such as learning about computational thinking, or developing expertise in coding, are secondary to these two objectives. Having said that, children will absorb all these wonderful skills as they work through the projects rather than through didactic teaching.

So join us, meet the mentors and, if you find the activities fascinating, find out how to inscribe your kid for next year.

Become a mentor

Or maybe you’ll get inspired yourself. With or without coding skills, you can help bring Code Club sessions to many more kids, who deserve a chance to learn to use technology creatively. Learn how you can make a difference and join the great family of Code Club supporters.

Read more information on Code Club website or follow Code Club on Facebook or Twitter.

The venue:

Agile Partner 20A rue du Puits Romain L-8070 Bertrange

 

Bis geschwënn!

Geekweek Luxembourg team

MakerFestSE

MakerFest: Summer Edition

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21st June 2018, Thursday, 8 am –  6 pm

Every year, BEE CREATIVE organises a large fair where schools, as well as the general public, can get in direct contact with maker workshops, talks and experiments. During these so-called MakerFests, the main objective is to raise awareness and kindle passion for science, technology and making in general, particularly for children starting from 10 years of age. The event brings all makers of Luxembourg and its surroundings together in one large happening and we would like to invite you to join us for this celebration of creativity and knowledge. This year’s edition, dedicated to space exploration, is aptly titled Making Great Things in Space.

Where

The MakerFest: Summer Edition will take place at Lycée Vauban in Gasperich

Who

There will be workshops for various ages – children 10+, teens and even 18+ – curious people with open and creative minds.

 

Ilnas

Trust in the Digital World

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21st June 2018, Tuesday, 6 pm – 9 pm

ISACA Luxembourg invites you to an evening  dedicated to Trust in the Digital World: Trust Services and Electronic Archiving with the Digital Trust Department of Luxembourg’s Institute of Standardization, Accreditation, Safety, and Quality of Products and Services (ILNAS), LuxTrust, and the Syndicat  Intercommunal de Gestion Informatique (SIGI).

The Digital Trust Department of ILNAS, LuxTrust, and SIGI will present their holistic vision on building trust in the digital world. The conference will bring the participants up to date with recent developments in the areas of trust services and electronic archiving. Topics discussed include the European regulation on  electronic identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the internal market, Luxembourg’s electronic archiving framework and municipalities’experience, as well as using encryption for data access management.

The conference will be followed by a networking cocktail.

Venue

Patisserie de Namur, 2 Rue de Bitbourg, L-1273 Luxembourg

Please, register on Eventbrite.

MakerFestSE

MakerFest: Summer Edition

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22nd June 2018, Friday, 8 am –  4 pm

Every year, BEE CREATIVE organises a large fair where schools, as well as the general public, can get in direct contact with maker workshops, talks and experiments. During these so-called MakerFests, the main objective is to raise awareness and kindle passion for science, technology and making in general, particularly for children starting from 10 years of age. The event brings all makers of Luxembourg and its surroundings together in one large happening and we would like to invite you to join us for this celebration of creativity and knowledge. This year’s edition, dedicated to space exploration, is aptly titled Making Great Things in Space.

Where

The MakerFest: Summer Edition will take place at Lycée Vauban in Gasperich

Who

There will be workshops for various ages – children 10+, teens and even 18+ – curious people with open and creative minds.

LuxLids Lab

LuxKids Lab Robotics Workshop

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24th June 2018, Sunday, 12 – 5:30 pm

Join us at the fabulous Robotics Lab by LuxKids Lab!

This is a Robotics Workshop for children of 8 to 12 years old, during which participants will learn what a robot is and how it works, and will be able to build one of their own and program it! There will be three workshop in two languages: English and French.

 

The workshops are led by Martin, an electronics engineer, robotics enthusiast and Lego Games addict. 🙂

Workshop 1

From 12:00 to 13:30
Language: English

Workshop 2

From 14:00 to 15:30
Language: English

Workshop 3

From 16:00 to 17:30
Language: French

The venue:

Unicorner Concept Store is located at 35 Rue de Beggen, 1221, Luxembourg.

Price:

29EUR per child.

To reserve your spot, you need to email to luxkidslab[at]gmail[dot]com with the following information:

Subject: Robotics Workshop 24 June 2018
Name(s) and age of child / children;
Preference for a group / time slot.
Authorization for LuxKidsLab to take pictures of your child/children during the event and publish them on internet or not.

Organiser:

LuxKids Lab offer various STEM activities, workshops and educational visits for children from 2 to 16 years, in various formats and languages with the aim to encourage and increase interest and avocation with science and technology in a fun, interactive and interesting way.

More info on the event Facebook page. We are so looking forward to having tonnes of fun there!