{"id":1956,"date":"2014-02-21T11:08:01","date_gmt":"2014-02-21T11:08:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/?p=1956"},"modified":"2014-02-21T11:08:01","modified_gmt":"2014-02-21T11:08:01","slug":"cardiff-man-trying-to-get-children-to-code-computers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/thecardiffian\/2014\/02\/21\/cardiff-man-trying-to-get-children-to-code-computers\/","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff children encouraged to learn computer coding"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2070\" alt=\"children comp 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2070\" alt=\"children comp 2\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-2.jpg\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nA Cardiff man is aiming to raise \u00a335,000 to fund his project encouraging children as young as five to learn how computers work.<br \/>\nFather-of-two Dan Bridge, from Rhiwbina, launched Craft Computer Club last week on crowd-funding website Kickstarter.<br \/>\nThe project involves making a computer using craft materials like paper, scissors and glue.<br \/>\nThrough building it children are introduced to concepts like binary numbers, pixels in images and how the Internet works.<br \/>\nFormer software developer Mr Bridge, 40, said: \u201cIt is really important children have a strong understanding of the devices that are ubiquitous nowadays.<br \/>\n\u201cCoding is really just a way to communicate with computers. It is just another way to interact with technology.\u201d<br \/>\nSo far 124 people have contributed more than \u00a35,000 to the project and Mr Bridge said he is really pleased with the feedback.<a href=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2071 alignright\" alt=\"children comp 4\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-4-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-2071 alignright\" alt=\"children comp 4\" src=\"http:\/\/cardiffian.jomec.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/children-comp-4-300x212.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"212\" \/><\/noscript><\/a><br \/>\nHe came up with the idea after volunteering in schools to inspire young people to get involved with science, technology, engineering and maths.<br \/>\n\u201cI had no idea how I was going to teach computing to a group in school. Luckily I\u2019ve got a 5-year-old daughter so our kitchen table was filled with craft stuff so thought they could be the tools.\u201d<br \/>\nMr Bridge has until March 12 to raise the \u00a335,000 needed to develop the project.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Cardiff man is aiming to raise \u00a335,000 to fund his project encouraging children as young as five to learn how computers work. Father-of-two Dan Bridge, from Rhiwbina, launched Craft Computer Club last week on crowd-funding website Kickstarter. The project involves making a computer using craft materials like paper, scissors and glue. Through building it children are introduced to concepts like binary numbers, pixels in images and how the Internet works. 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