The free app which has won several prizes has been made available in 40 languages and is now being implemented for right-to-left languages in the team led by Wolfgang Slany at the Institute of Software Engineering at TU Graz. The Internet Foundation Austria (IPA) has just awarded the app the “Internet for Refugees” special prize in the framework of the “netidee” (nice idea) awards by Austria’s biggest private internet promotion campaign. The expert on the jury and former member of staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Kilian Kleinschmidt justifies his decision: “The fact that young people with different cultures and languages come together is in tune with the spirit of the 21st century,” says Kleinschmidt.
The programming app “Pocket Code”, developed at the Institute of Software Engineering at TU Graz, is available in 40 languages and is being implemented in right-to-left languages.
Another prize for the programming app "Pocket Code": (form left) Ernst Langmantel, head of the Internet Foundation Austria, juror Kilian Kleinschmidt with Sareh Choupani, Wolfgang Slany, Aiman Awwad, Matthias Müller, Anja Petri, Zulfiqar Ali and Kirshan Luhana from TU Graz. © netidee, Alex Müller
Getting to know software and programming in a fun way with Pocket Code. With TU Graz’s mobile phone programming app, children and young people can create their own games, animations, stories or music videos directly on their mobile phones using an intuitive, visual programming language.
The free app which has won several prizes has been made available in 40 languages and is now being implemented for right-to-left languages in the team led by Wolfgang Slany at the Institute of Software Engineering at TU Graz. The Internet Foundation Austria (IPA) has just awarded the app the “Internet for Refugees” special prize in the framework of the “netidee” (nice idea) awards by Austria’s biggest private internet promotion campaign. The expert on the jury and former member of staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Kilian Kleinschmidt justifies his decision: “The fact that young people with different cultures and languages come together is in tune with the spirit of the 21st century,” says Kleinschmidt.
The free app which has won several prizes has been made available in 40 languages and is now being implemented for right-to-left languages in the team led by Wolfgang Slany at the Institute of Software Engineering at TU Graz. The Internet Foundation Austria (IPA) has just awarded the app the “Internet for Refugees” special prize in the framework of the “netidee” (nice idea) awards by Austria’s biggest private internet promotion campaign. The expert on the jury and former member of staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Kilian Kleinschmidt justifies his decision: “The fact that young people with different cultures and languages come together is in tune with the spirit of the 21st century,” says Kleinschmidt.
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