The document discusses coding clubs in Finland called Koodikerho that teach children as young as 9 the basics of programming. The clubs are run after school by volunteers like teachers and parents. The goal is for computational thinking to become a common skill like reading and writing by making coding widely accessible at a young age. National organizations plan to coordinate and fund the clubs more broadly. Examples of coding projects include using JavaScript to control a robot's movements.

1. Presentation by Otto Kekäläinen
The Fin-Est co-operation meeting
at the Ministry of Education, Finland
Coding clubs in Finland

2. A weekly hobby for as
many as possible
Koodikerho's (code clubs) are
after-school clubs where
children learn the basics of
programming

4. 9 years and up
For boys and girls in the 3.-5.
grade in the elementary school
Plans to extend target group
once primary focus is covered
Executed in sync with the new general
teaching plan by in Finland

5. Example: Code.org Frozen

6. Show the code

7. Robot uses JavaScript
moveForward(100);
turnRight(90);
moveForward(100);
Spice up learning with robots
instead of just sitting at the screen!

8. (Mostly) volunteer activity
Individual clubs are run by
teachers, university students,
parents and other volunteers.
National organisation and
funding for country-wide
co-ordination planned.

9. We want to improve the
economy, democracy and
everything in the age of the
information society by making
computational thinking a
common and strong skill
It took over 300 years after Gutenberg for
reading to become a common skill
Why teach coding?

10. Coding will become
common knowledge just
like reading, writing and
counting

11. More information in English will
later be published at
koodikerho.f