💖 Pixels of Kindness: Coding Empathy Across Borders by Eleni Karpouza

Task Steps

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Design: Create your school's unique Kindness Pixel Art symbol (e.g., heart, smile, helping hand) on a grid.
Encode: Translate your finished pixel art into a secret numerical/letter code (the key to your picture).
Post: Upload only your secret code to this Padlet/page. Do NOT post the finished picture!
Decode: Select a code posted by a partner school and decode it onto your own grid to reveal their hidden kindness message.
Share: When all decoding is complete, compare your decoded image with the original. Share your results! 🌍

🎯 Objectives

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Promote kindness and inclusion through creative digital expression
Develop computational thinking by coding and decoding pixel grids
Strengthen collaboration and communication between partner schools
Encourage participation in EU Code Week.

Activity Description

elenkarpouza — 2025-10-07 18:09:18 UTC

To effectively celebrate EU Code Week, the KIND project is launching the Pixels of Kindness challenge, empowering students to use computational thinking as a genuine tool for cross-border collaboration and empathy. This creative activity sees students from all partner countries transform the universal value of kindness into vibrant pixel art.

Each school's team first designs a unique kindness symbol (a heart, helping hands, or a smile) on a digital grid. The students then apply their algorithmic thinking to translate their colorful image into a secret coded sequence—where colors are simply represented by numbers or letters. Partner schools receive only this coded version and must collaboratively decode the sequence to reveal the hidden symbol of kindness.

This challenge is more than just a game; it demands precision in communication, enhances digital literacy, and culminates in a vibrant, collective mosaic that beautifully symbolizes unity and shared compassion across Europe.

Students' Worksheet

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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"The Happy Emoji"

Created by Antonis, Angel & Jim

3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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"The Marching Flowers"

Created by Spyros, Despina & Oni

3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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"The Flower of Happiness"

Created by Marilia, Nick & Laura

3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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"The Nice Nubini Pizzarini"

Created by Nefeli, Evangelia, Geoge & Andrew

3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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"The Hi-Five Paw"

Created by Jim, Athina & Katerina

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Ankara 50. Yıl Bahçeşehir College, Türkiye

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Decoding our partners' pixel art

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We recreated our Polish partners' designs

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Our Polish friends' final designs

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2B - "G. Pascoli" Primary School: Italian codes

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Our Pixel Art codes in a provisional version (that we are checking).

Ankara Bahçeşehir 50. yıl Primary School

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Our process of decoding italian and greek pixel pictures

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19th grade, Constantin Brâncoveanu Secondary School

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1st grade, Constantin Brâncoveanu Secondary School

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3rd Primary School of Riza, Zakynthos, Greece

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