Jon Gilman, CEO of Clear Software, Indianapolis, addresses a full house in Zionsville High School's learning center on Saturday. Heal also introduced volunteers from across the communities that are needed for teaching and education. (Photos by Dawn Pearson)
Jack O’Neill, 11, of Zionsville logs into the CoderDojo website.
Jon Gilman, CEO of Clear Software, Indianapolis, addresses a full house in Zionsville High School’s learning center on Saturday. Heal also introduced volunteers from across the communities that are needed for teaching and education. (Photos by Dawn Pearson)
CoderDojo volunteer Rick Wehrle, founder of WorkHere, speaks to the audience.
Sridhar Rao, associate director at NTT DATA Americas, is among the CoderDojo sponsors.
Ivy Tech Community College adjunct instructor Max Reynal serves as a CoderDojo volunteer.
Pippa Mann tells the students the importance of coding and technology on the race track. From every shift of the gears to turns, technology is involved, and someone had to program these moves.
Jillian and Sophia Montgomery listen to Pippa Mann speak about technology needs.
Christina Zerfas of Clear Software explains the CoderDojo program.
The CoderDojo program meets Saturdays for eight weeks in the Zionsville Community High School Technology Center. CoderDojo is a global movement of free, volunteer-led, community-based programming clubs for young people. Anyone ages seven to 17 can visit a Dojo to learn to code, build a website, create an app or game and explore technology in an informal, creative and social environment.