Let’s spark children’s interest in coding
summary
Organizes a months‑long teen coding contest called youth hacking for freedom where entries must be released under free software licenses, include online mentoring and jury selection, and winners receive prize awards listed as 1,24 248 or € 4,096 and are flown to Brussels for an awards ceremony with family networking. Publishes a children’s book Ada and San as CC BY‑SA open educational material, translated into 10+ languages, used in classroom projects, read to over 1,700 children, and packaged with a short film and classroom guides.
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chapters (5)
- 0:00Introduction to FSF Europe
- 1:09Youth Hacking for Freedom
- 5:25Book for younger children
- 9:23Book translations and readings
- 13:38Call for support and action
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