on 12 February 2019
Welcome to CoderDojo for 2019!
Welcome back to all our regular coders and everyone joining CoderDojo for the first time!
Here are the activities that each group will be working on today:
Newcomers
If you are new to CoderDojo and new to computer programming this is where you start:
Scratch 1
Gaming Story
Today we are going to start exploring Scratch 3 – the all new version of Scratch.
Scratch 2
Explore the NEW SCRATCH 3!
Scratch has changed. Scratch 2 is gone. Scratch 3 is here!
Have a play around with it and get familiar with it. Your old projects made in Scratch 2 should still work.
Make a fruit Ninja game.
Follow the instructions in this video to make a Fruit Ninja game:
Web Development
Already have some experience with HTML and CSS?
If you already have some experience with HTML and CSS, let’s start by reviewing CSS with this course on Codecademy (create an account if you don’t already have one):
A Closer Look at CSS
Starting for the first time?
If you are new to web development lets start with this introductory course on Khan Academy (create an account if you don’t already have one):
Course overview and get started
Graphic Design
We are introducing Graphic Design this term. We will learn how to create vector graphics with Inkscape a free, open source, but very powerful vector graphics application. You will need to start by downloading and installing Inkscape.
Let’s get started with this introductory video tutorial:
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.
Microcontrollers
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