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<head>
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<title>Let's spark children's interest in coding</title>
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</head>
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<body class="toplevel">
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<h1 class="p-name">Let's spark children's interest in coding</h1>
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<p>The FSFE has created the illustrated book "Ada & Zangemann - A Tale of
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Software, Skateboards, and Raspberry Ice Cream" as an Open Education Resource
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under a Creative Commons License, the same one that Wikipedia has. The story
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is about the inventor Zangemann and the girl Ada, a curious tinkerer. Ada
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begins to experiment with hardware and software, and in the process realises
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how crucial technology is for her and others. It is a fascinating story for
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children from 6 years, motivating them, especially girls, to tinker with
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hardware and software and encouraging them to shape their own technology.</p>
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<div class="grid-50-50">
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<div class="box">
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/ec/09/aa1f3c2df1b0814babffb7e7274b.jpg" alt="A teacher standing in a classroom holding the book, with all the pupils holding the book in front of their heads."/>
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<figcaption>
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Ada and Zangemann reading in a French school
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<div class="box">
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/2a/17/04697eb71d5c44bd473e0cea7773.png" alt="A girl reading a book labeled as remix version"/>
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<figcaption>
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Mila reading a remix version of Ada & Zangemann © CC-BY 4.0 Romain Debailleul
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</div>
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<h2>Readings, discussions, workshops: Inspire children around the world</h2>
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<p>Our volunteers, staff, and the author of the book have done many readings
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in different languages throughout the world, spreading Ada's story to over
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1700 children. Many of them, especially girls, have told us that the story
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encourages them to start inventing and programming.</p>
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<div class="box">
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/e6/cc/64eae3bd6d5ce239b1c5fff5f9e1.jpg" alt="two people with a book"/>
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<figcaption>
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Event with reading of the book in Ukrainian
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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<div class="box">
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/cb/05/399d19f13425f28039489cec0d86.jpg" alt="a large group of young people sitting in a cinema hall and waiting"/>
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<figcaption>
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Author reading of Ada and Zangemann to over 150 3rd graders from Offenburg schools<br/> © CC-BY-SA Stadt Offenburg / herrfichtner
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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</div>
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</div>
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<p>For the events we have collaborated with schools, libraries, municipalities,
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organisations that introduce children into programming, and organisation
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working with refugee children.</p>
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<h2>Make the story accessible for all</h2>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/31/74/a1e67188a6fadbb74ce67033d5c2.jpg" alt="The printed versions of the book in German, English, French, Ukrainian, Italian, and Arabic."/>
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<figcaption>
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Printed copies of the book in German, English, French, Ukrainian, Italian, and Arabic.
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<p>We would like to make the materials accessible for everyone. Thanks to
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donations, the FSFE was able to release Arabic and Ukrainian translations of
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the book. A French translation and publication was coordinated by the French
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Ministry of National Education, and a car company commissioned a Spanish
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translation. Volunteers translated the book into Valencian, Danish, Hindi,
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Italian, and are working on other languages.</p>
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<p>We are also working with organisations and publishers on accessible eBook
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versions for people who read differently due to conditions such as blindness
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or low vision.</p>
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<h2>Reach more children with a movie</h2>
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<p>To reach more children, we want to create an animated "Ada & Zangemann"
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movie. The 30-minute film will be produced by an experienced 2D animation
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studio, and we will also release it as an Open Educational Resource. Anyone
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will be able to download and share the movie, embed it on websites, use it in
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schools, display it at events, and integrate it with other educational
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material, making a difference to the quality of IT education that is so vital
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for young people in our digital society.</p>
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<p>Thanks to our supporters we were able to raise more than €40,000 which
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enables us to produce the movie by end 2024 in over four languages. We will
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publish them starting in quarter 3 2024. For 2025 we aim to get €80,000 in
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donations for organising readings, preparing materials, distributing books to
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libraries, and creating additional translations of the book and video.</p>
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<div class="color-box background fullwidth" data-color="dark-green">
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<p>
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<fsfe-cd-donate-link class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">
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Become an FSFE supporter!
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</fsfe-cd-donate-link>
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</p>
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</div>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/64/9c/48a9e93e878e31f93c7978443b05.jpg" alt="Large group of pupils and two people reading to them showing illustrations with a large projector"/>
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<figcaption>
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A readings at an event in Italy<br/> © CC-BY-SA NOI Techpark
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</figcaption>
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</figure>
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<blockquote>
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<p>"A brilliantly illustrated journey of discovery and resilience that will
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inspire any young mind to embrace their curiosity and create with technology" -
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<em>Zach Latta, Founder of Hack Club</em></p>
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<p>"Encouraging creative, out-of-the-box engineering thinking, problem-solving,
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and perseverance, as well as endless tinkering..." - <em>A.R. Miller, Purdue
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Reviewer</em></p>
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<p>"A wonderfully entertaining read with an empowering message for younger
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generations, one which will shape our world and the way we live in it." -
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<em>Kaye Fogarty, The English International College, Marbella</em></p>
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<p>"I like how [the book] makes a positive statement that girls can code and
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use computers." - <em>Child Reviewer, <a href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/INSPIRE/EngineeringGiftGuide/2023/ada-zangemann-a-tale-of-software-skateboards-and-raspberry-ice-cream">Purdue</a></em></p>
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<p>"After my son was read the book last night, he told me the whole story this
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morning... He wants to make something out of old pallets after school today.
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And then he wants to learn programming." - <em>Ingo Wichmann, CEO Linuxhotel
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GmbH</em></p>
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<p>"This book is exactly what I want to pass on to my children!" -
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<em>Canelle A., 18-year-old student translator in a Parisian high
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school</em></p>
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<p>
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<em><a href="/activities/ada-zangemann/book-reviews.html">Read all the reviews we have received.</a></em>
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</p>
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</blockquote>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/71/f9/4bccaae53c097b642978f9b96ac8.jpg" alt="Girl sitting at a workbench tinkering with technology, other child brings a fan"/>
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</figure>
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<p class="license">
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Illustration from the book by Sandra Brandstätter <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC-BY-SA 4.0</a>
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<div class="color-box background fullwidth" data-color="dark-green">
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<p>
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<fsfe-cd-donate-link class="btn btn-lg btn-primary">
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Become an FSFE supporter!
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</fsfe-cd-donate-link>
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</p>
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</div>
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<h2>Youth Hacking 4 Freedom: the FSFE's coding competition for teenagers</h2>
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<figure>
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<img src="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/0b5182d1811b20495b4b2820d55b24da.jpg" alt="Three teenagers standing in a hackerspace"/>
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</figure>
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<p class="license">
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Graphic by <a href="https://mullana.de/">Lisa Schmidt</a>, <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC-BY-SA 4.0</a>
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</p>
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<p>For teenagers who are already experienced in programming, the FSFE is organising the European wide <a href="/activities/yh4f/">"Youth hacking for freedom" coding competition</a>.</p>
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</body>
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<followup>donate</followup>
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<image url="https://pics.fsfe.org/uploads/medium/88/0e/538ea879b557fc6b32b07e243a8a.jpg" alt="A teacher standing in a classroom holding the book, with all the pupils holding the book in front of their heads."/>
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