Here are the activities that each group will be working on today:
(If you are new to CoderDojo and have little or no previous experience coding you can start in the Newcomer’s group. Talk to a leader if you are not sure what group you should be in.)
Newcomers
If you are new to CoderDojo and new to computer programming this is where you start:
Scratch 1 (Beginner)
Just For You
Today we will work on the Just For You project. Click on the link below and follow the instructions in the videos.
Scratch 2 (Intermediate & Advanced)
Your Choice
This week you can come up with your own project idea to work on for the last 2 sessions. Next week is our last week this term and we will do a show and tell where you can show us your creation! Pick something to do that you can easily finish in 2 sessions.
If you prefer to follow along to a project with instructions here’s one you can do:
Binary Hero – Make a game in which you play the notes of a song as they scroll down the stage.
Web Development (HTML, CSS & JavaScript)
Build your own website
Using the hosting account that you set up at Awardspace and the domain name that you registered at Freenom, make a simple 3 page website. You can make the website about yourself, a hobby, a game, a movie, music, sport or a topic that you are interested in. Note we only have one more session this term, so plan something that you can finish in 2 sessions.
Requirements for your website:
- header with website title and a navigation menu that links to each page of your website
- at least one page will have a 2 column layout
- make fine name of the home page index.html
- your styles in a separate css file (just one file shared by all the pages)
- include at least 1 image on the home page
You can refer to these instructions:
1. Set-up domain name and hosting
2. Guidelines for building your own website
Introduction to Robotics
This session is run by Nathalie. An introduction to robotics using mBot robot kits and a block programming language called mBlock which is similar to Scratch.
Raspberry Pi (with Microcontrollers and other cool stuff)
A collaborative group exploring how computers can interact with the outside world through a range of sensors and controllers. Primarily we’ll be using the Raspberry Pi (http://raspberrypi.org) computer in conjunction with Arduinos (http://arduino.cc) and along the way we’ll learn about Python, C and C++ programming, digital and analogue electronics and about working together.
Electronics, Microcontrollers and Raspberry Pi session information