Dominik Kościelak
Co-founder and teacher
Hacking Heroes
HACKING HEROES is an educational project initiated by two friends-programmers – Dominik Kościelak and Joao Matos.
Thanks to the support of befriended organizations Creative Initiatives Foundation /Kalisz, Poland/ and the Associação de Desenvolvimento do Concelho de Espinho /Espinho, Portugal / the project got the funding from the ERASMUS + Strategic Partnership for Youth Programme.
Joao Matos
Co-founder and teacher
Aleksandra Kubiak
Global project coordinator
Radosław Nawrocki
Scientific consultant for teaching
Sandra Poupinha
Project coordinator - Espinho
Konrad Moszyński
Graphic designer
Quick path to start programming
HACKING HEROES's project was targeting middle and high school teenagers and teachers working with young people. It included:
- programming workshops for youth
- 5-day long hackathon in Porto
- methodology workshops for teachers
- educational platform for teachers and pupils
One of the main goals of the project was to eliminate the biases and convince pupils and teachers that programming does not need to be hard and that almost everyone can / should gain at least some basic programming skills.
Learn, play and code together
The participants were learning intensively the basics of web technologies and programming in their hometowns for over 4 months. They have also worked on project ideas, that evolved into web app proposals.
The most exciting part of the project was its finale - the hackathon in Porto. Polish and Portuguese students met in person for the first time. They voted for the best project ideas, formed small international teams and worked together for 5 days to bring those ideas to live.
