CoderDojo Athlone

Coding club for kids aged 7 -17. Saturdays, AIT Engineering building, 11am - 1pm. Register online New Mentors always welcome!

[CoderDojo Athlone @CoderDojoAthlon]

Fantastic to see these opportunities coming to the midlands @BanagherCollege @offalycoco @vexireland

[Chris Rigney @ChrisRigney4]

Relieved to see my code worked after all the testing 😅 Had fun taking part @BanagherCollege @offalycoco @VEXRobotics

[Colm O'Reilly @Colmdcu]

While improving the results of lower achieving students in Ireland is commendable #PISA2018, would it be possible to try to consider the performance of our high ability students who are currently well behind most European countries from the same report? @Education_Ire @CTYI

[I-LOFAR @LOFARIreland]

Looking for something to occupy inquisitive young minds this summer? Interested in learning more about #space? Come to our SPACE CAMP in July! Space may be infinite but spaces on this camp are not - book now! 🔭✨🚀👩‍🚀🌕👨‍🚀#AstroLands #SpaceCampBirr #science https://t.co/hVjHwx7ZrO

[I-LOFAR @LOFARIreland]

Delighted to introduce our I-LOFAR summer interns, @jeremyrigney and Jane Dooley. Jeremy is studying @UCD_physics and Jane @PhysicsUCC and both are from Co Offaly. They’ll be your I-LOFAR tour guides for the summer ... in addition to operating the #LOFAR telescope @BirrCastle

[I-LOFAR @LOFARIreland]

The first of our summer tours was a great success! New recruits @jeremyrigney and Jane shared their knowledge & conversations even Happy the Dog was impressed 🐶 Join us next Sat for another walk & talk about #astronomy in Birr ☀️📡💫🌌
#radioastronomy #science #DogsofILOFAR

[TUS Athlone Campus @TUS_Athlone_]

Over the next three years, 48,000 new jobs will be created in Ireland's Software ICT sector. To contend with demand, we're offering a fully-funded MSc in Applied Software Engineering with an extremely strong possibility of a permanent job with Ericsson upon successful completion.

[TUS Athlone Campus @TUS_Athlone_]

We are delighted to announce the 'Code4Fun – Concept, Code, Solve' Summer School for TY & 5th year students from June 10th to 14th. We are offering 60 free places which will immerse students in an exciting world for one week. To learn more and apply visit https://t.co/M2dT7bJR1D

[AIT Faculty of Engineering and Informatics @AitFaculty]

AIT’s first workshop using micro:bits with students from Moate Business College, Moate Community School and Tullamore ETB. Using micro:bits students developed games, remote alarm sensors, wearable tech and participated in evaluating gyroscope operated radio controlled cars.🏆

[AIT Faculty of Engineering and Informatics @AitFaculty]

AIT’s strong industry-focus and emphasis on applied education means that students enjoy a 93% employability rate six months after graduation. To learn about this and how the institute uses work placement to bolster students’ future employability come along to our Open Day.

[Apple Education @AppleEDU]

#WWDC Scholarships reward talented students and STEM organization members with the opportunity to attend #WWDC19. Explore the requirements, build an interactive Swift playground scene, and apply before March 24 at 5 p.m. PDT! https://t.co/Z90sfBozte

[Astro Pi @Astro_Pi]

Mission Zero closes tomorrow 20th of March at 23:59 GMT! We've already had over 5000 teams take part. Will your program be running on the ISS? Head to https://t.co/qNVVfC85AC to submit today!

[Renate Kohlmann @RenateKohlmann]

March Meet up reminder for Ballinasloe Grow Remote Chapter - connecting local people working remotely to support growth and retention of sustainable careers in the community. Ballinasloe and its hinterland have embarked on a digita…https://t.co/wzaUXVVo6b https://t.co/JQ682d6TZC

[CoderDojo Athlone @CoderDojoAthlon]

Fantastic initiative underway to build and connect communities of remote workers throughout Ireland - find more information and your local chapter here https://t.co/gjuaru6tyT @GrowRemoteIrl

[TUS Athlone Campus @TUS_Athlone_]

Are you a TY, 5th or 6th year student? Have you ever considered a career in space? As part of #EngineersWeek, we'll be hosting a space careers roadshow this March 7th. Meet industry space professionals and learn about exciting career opportunities. ⏰Book your place: [email protected]

[TUS Athlone Campus @TUS_Athlone_]

Making the headlines: Athlone Institute of Technology to train up 360 new data analysts over the next three years to work on world's largest and most sophisticated radio telescope located in Birr, Co. Offaly. Read the story on @Irish_TechNews https://t.co/317r2nxxRg

[☯CoderDojo☯ @CoderDojo]

Ruairi, Shane and Pranay have been attending their local Dojo in Athlone since September where they've learned HTML, CSS and Java!

Their project, The Music Memory Maestro, matches text to a melody to helps students with rote learning!
@BTYSTE #BTYSTE #btyste2019

[Micro:bit Educational Foundation @microbit_edu]

Free download - get both issues of the excellent @micro_mag here: https://t.co/J4dnAtMM6y

micro:mag is full of #microbit resources and news. It's a free, unofficial magazine all about your micro:bit - made for the community, by the community.

#Education #STEM #EdTech

[I-LOFAR @LOFARIreland]

Great to have an Offaly astrophysics student working with our data!

[CoderDojo Athlone @CoderDojoAthlon]

@mummywiggle Hi Hayley. We're starting back today at 11 in AIT. Engineering building

[CoderDojo Athlone @CoderDojoAthlon]

Fantastic local amenity in the running to be named Best Place in Ireland. Your vote required to make it happen! #offalyhour @offalyindo

[Lough Boora Discovery Park @LoughBooraPark]

Lough Boora Discovery Park got shortlisted for the 10 Great Places in Ireland by @RTPIIreland . Now we need your help by voting. Simply follow the link below⬇️⬇️ #RTPIIrelandsbestplaces

https://t.co/66HAvkPfuQ