From the Heart of Venezuela Foundation we welcome you to this post regarding our project "Odin", an initiative oriented to programming education for children and their incursion in blockchain.

This NFT campaign seeks to obtain financial support for the development of the first phase of the project through the acquisition of unique NFT, acting as a "kickstarter" campaign of the project.

Below we present our collection and invite you to support us in this beautiful art made for the community: https://areaxnft.com/collection/32

We also leave below a section that talks a little about the objectives of the project as well as the different donation mechanisms that we have.

Odin Project: A learning initiative in Venezuela powered by Blockchain:

Welcome back to our project. First of all, we want to thank all the contributions that the community of TELOS and HIVE Blockchain has done for us in favor of the nutritional welfare and medical assistance support that our foundation provides to the people who need it most in Venezuela.

It has been hard work but not impossible to bring help to needy communities and people of scarce resources, but we have achieved it thanks to you.

Today we want to present the ODIN project, a learning platform for children focused on the field of programming to enhance their talents towards the world of the future and blockchain.

About:

The Odin Project is a project created by fundacoven foundation aimed at learning to program for children between the ages of ten and seventeen years old.

Why Learn?

Children have the ability to learn faster, and, by using the most appropriate method, can even learn by themselves. The best example of this can be seen in the foreign language, and therefore the same can happen with programming. Programming languages function in many ways like foreign languages, possessing a somewhat complex vocabulary and syntax that must be respected so that the result can be understood, although, in this case, it is the computer or computerized equipment that will understand the message. Likewise, starting early in the world of programming basics has advantages such as:

Natural progression and rapid learning.
Acquisition of soft skills in project development, creativity, and problem-solving.
Much more intuitive transition from visual to written languages.
Advantages in the workplace (wide field of application).

How?

Children can develop better in learning through clearly established objectives and by following certain playful, logical, and understandable rules. In the field of programming, the most accessible possibility is learning by playing, learning through an app, or learning through a web page: here the really important thing is that children do not feel bored in the process. The objectives should not be too time-consuming or extremely complicated, which is why didactic tools for children are based on intuitive ways of learning, allowing children to achieve consecutive successes in their development. Today, children have the possibility of learning to program in different ways, among them we can observe YouTube tutorials, physical toys, as well as digital workshops oriented to the application of knowledge through the creation of small games or programs. Through fun and understandable projects, children are creating a rhythm of work and learning to lay the foundations of programming without any pressure as in school. The best form of learning for children and adults, in general, is visual when there is no previous knowledge in the subject. Intuitive graphical representations and simplified processes allow an easier understanding, however, these visual learning processes have limitations in their application and configuration, once the possibilities in the visual environment are exhausted, the child’s curiosity will allow the realization of more complex projects in a text programming environment.

Visual Environment:

The visual environment is an environment that uses objects or building blocks in the lego style, each of these blocks has properties, conditions, or actions designed to create a complete function when combined with others. Objects in most environments tend to be combined by “drag and drop”, so you just drag and drop them in a specific order to give a logical function to the application. This knowledge will be very useful to learn the language in text format in the future. In our foundation, we seek to teach young people through different modules and workshops using first of all visual tools. Some of these tools are:

Scratch: is one of the most popular tools in the visual learning environment, Scratch is designed by researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and seeks through the visual programming language and open-source platform, to teach young people in programming languages in a playful and intuitive way.
Blockly: Google’s Blockly project is not initially intended for children, but thanks to its visual and easily understandable interface it makes it easier for both children and adults to learn the basics of programming. Blockly is a library of graphical blocks that represent code segments and are combined with each other using a visual editor directly in the browser. In this way, simple programs and games can be created.
NEPO: For those who want to try their hand at hardware programming, they can use the intuitive NEPO programming language. This language is based on the Blocky library, is based on Scratch, and can be used for exciting projects such as programming robots on the Open Roberta platform.

More info: https://odin.fundacoven.org/faq-page/

Telos Blockchain for Learning:

COVEN Foundation was the first Venezuelan foundation to be part of the blockchain providing medical and nutritional support to families in need. But now we not only want to give, but we also want to teach to allow you opportunities in your future.

Learning levels:

Our learning school seeks to focus on different areas, Odin is in charge of making a broad approach to programming languages in a didactic way thus sowing the bases for the different stages of the project, oriented in: Stage 1: Learning Visual programming language.

Stage 2: Initiation to written code and advanced languages + basic knowledge in the blockchain.

Stage 3: Programming in Blockchain: TELOS.

These different stages will represent a working methodology that will allow young people to develop their skills at each level and implement them in future blockchain projects on the TELOS platform.

Budget:

Next, the most important part to achieve this project: the budget to be reached.

5 Laptops: $1.693,05.
5 Chairs: $325.
5 Mouses: $69,95.
Internet Service installation: $195.
Service Payment: $480 One Year Payment.
Office Workstation: $195.
Internet Service installation: $195.
Additional, food for children (incentive): $100 monthly (10 Kids).

TOTAL: $3258

It should be noted that this is an approximate budget of the total which may vary depending on the cost of the products to be purchased. You can read more and learn how to donate by clicking here: https://odin.fundacoven.org/budget/

What is fundacoven?

We are a foundation located in the state of Miranda, Venezuela under the legal registration number: J-50135343-3. We have a physical space in which we receive medical and food donations for the creation of activities located at the following coordinates: https://goo.gl/maps/h2Hzuhd8iePYxQ9i8/ We also carry out a variety of workshops and activities for the promotion of communities together with volunteers in the area of health. Our foundation currently performs two social activities per month for resource factor, choosing two low-income communities in which we bring breakfast or lunch depending on the locality and accessibility to it. The rest of the month we deliver medicines and various tasks in our offices to meet the needs of the people.

Interest Links:

Fundacoven Fundacoven — Intro FUNDACOVEN | A call to humanity Fundacoven — Gofundme Campaign Instagram

Team

This foundation was created by Carlos Serrano, known as Zaxan on telos blockchain, designer, audiovisual producer, and writer to serve the population of the state of Miranda in Venezuela, the teamwork is integrated by more than 12 people. However, there is a need to expand the project to serve more communities as well as the creation of a self-sustaining aid network through TLOS adoption.

Our networks:

Join us on Discord: https://discord.gg/NBV9bdy Follow our blog on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fundacoven/ Web page: https://www.fundacoven.org/ Do you want to know more? Follow the project and visite: http://odin.fundacoven.org/