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What have we heard while dreaming?
When we set out on the Dream in Code journey we had nothing but some good intentions, an internet connection and an unwavering belief that including young women in creative co-design would help us to create something that they would want and would use. Armed with some ideas that we thought were great we headed…
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Why dream in code?
In 2016 the CSIRO released a report “Tomorrow’s Digitally Enabled Workforce (https://data61.csiro.au/en/Our-Work/Future-Cities/Planning-sustainable-infrastructure/Tomorrows-Digitally-Enabled-Workforce). This report outlined the workforce challenges and opportunities of the future workplace and the role of technology in shaping future work. This report gave us more questions than answers. What would this mean for young people from low-socio economic areas? What does the…
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Are you ready to dream?
Dream in Code was started back in 2016 when we ran our first prototype at 12-25 youth centre in Salisbury. We had 6 young women join us for that first course and we were supported by teachers, parents, youth educators, students and librarians who all helped us to co-design our content. It was a great…