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On Sunday 26 February, CERN hosted the latest version of Devoxx4kids, a sequence of computing, robotics and electronics workshops for kids. The event was organised within the context of the VoxxedDays CERN developers convention, held at CERN the previous day.

Numerous workshops - “Minis” for the 4-6 year-olds, “Kids” for the 7-10 year-olds and “Teens” for the 11-15 12 months-olds - gave the youngsters an perception into programming and electronics through robots and games. About 70 kids got here along and were able to exhibit to their parents how that they had managed to programme a NAO robot to have a converstation with them or a Thymio robotic to observe a path on a map, or how they had altered the famous Minecraft sport or developed an interactive quiz on a computer 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 introduced smiles to 1000's of children’s faces in 22 international locations. Run by a crew of volunteers headed by Xavier Bourguignon, the Swiss model of the convention is now into its eighth yr. “Bringing Devoxx4kids to CERN and having it in the Globe is a dream come true!” says  minecraft skyblock servers . Organising workshops in one of many excessive temples of science, where the net was born, sends out a powerful sign to the youngsters (and their parents). I hope Devoxx4kids will often come again to CERN sooner or later.”

Joao Silva, organiser of Voxxed Days CERN and CERN coordinator of Devoxx4kids adds: “The intention of the workshops is to stimulate curiosity and the imagination, and to indicate what can be finished with science and know-how. These workshops lead the children to discover that, by means of games, they can be the creators of tomorrow. Education is one among CERN’s core missions, so internet hosting an occasion like Devoxx4kids here is fully in line with our work.