During these exceptional times, the European Commission is supporting EU Code Week and the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalitions to help keep teachers, organisations and individuals across the EU agile and able to adapt to new requirements across member states to work remotely in order to keep each other safe.
Every year, EU Code Week brings together millions across the world to help people, students and businesses to bring coding and computational thinking into their every-day lives.
Through a series of webinars, the team behind EU Code Week is sharing best practices in coping with the new social distancing restrictions related to the coronavirus. These range from helping teachers set up remote classes, sharing lesson plans on coding, robotics and more.
Through these webinars, teachers and coaches running coding workshops get tips and ideas on how to set up remote coding sessions and concrete lesson plans. At a time when digital skills are proving to be imperative, these best practices are needed across Europe to help organisations and businesses continue their work in the face of new challenges.
Two webinars have been organised so far, and a third is planned for Friday 27 March. The highlights from these webinars are posted on the EU Code Week blog and the Code Week YouTube channel so that anyone can access them afterwards at their convenience.
Follow the Code Week team on Twitter at @CodeWeekEU and Facebook to keep up to date on the latest information on these webinars and more.
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The European Commission works with the Digital Skills and Jobs Coalition which brings together Member States, companies, social partners, non-profit organisations and education providers, who take action to tackle the lack of digital skills in Europe.
The Commission supports EU Code Week which is a grass-roots initiative that aims to bring coding and digital literacy to everyone in a fun and engaging way.
Follow EU Code Week on Twitter, subscribe to their YouTube channel or visit their website to learn more.