This semester we’re facilitating the Girls Who Code (GWC) club at Winter Park Library. We’re meeting Wednesday evenings between September 3rd to December 17th. Here is the public notice if interested. Note that the club targets tweens aged ~10-13. After an intro meeting, our club members will be working in Scratch and Javascript (first one,…
Another year, another Maker Day with Winter Park Library. This year we showed kids (and parents) how to assemble their own D&D dice from 3D-printed dice kit cards. The kit cards were FDM printed in PLA in various colors. The D6 was easiest to assemble given both familiarity and the materials and settings we used.…
Over the years, we’ve used Scratch (or similar platforms) for blocking coding events w/ K-12 students. Most of the examples we’ve written have been one-offs or spur-of-the-moment type projects that have been lost over the year. So we wanted to take the time to curate some examples and share our profile(s). Remember, on Scratch you…
We were at Maker Day at Winter Park Library this week. We had a table for kids (and adults) to hot glue recycled cork and popsicle boats / rafts and then test them out in a tub of water. It was nice to see many parents working with their children to design and create their…
This summer (June 12-15) we ran a C# .NET evening bootcamp at Winter Park Library. We covered the basics of programming with a typed language and how to use Microsoft Visual Studio to make simple GUI applications. The crowd was mostly adults with one high schooler and one middle schooler. It was a nice, comfortable…
We’ve got a new video about the Rust programming language, specifically for those with existing programming experience. Fundamentals, borrow semantics and general advantages of the Rust language are discussed.
We taught a 3-part series on computing at Winter Park Library in April (14th, 21st, 28th 4-5:30pm). These talks were open to the public and took part in the computer lab. The crowd ranged from people with no computer experience at all to a Professor Emeritus of Computer Science! So we had our work cut…
We hosted two 1-hour sessions assembling 3D laser-cut wood puzzles at the Winter Park Library this month. We built penguins and turtles in commemoration of Earth Day! These puzzle kits were donated by Robotime. Although these puzzles are technically ages 8 and up, in our experience they are a little too challenging at that age,…
This year we are excited to share a 3D laser cut woodcraft project for teenagers and adults. We will be showing you how to assemble an intricate, retro-mechanical looking desk calendar and clock provided by ROBOTIME. All participants will take their builds home with them. If you enjoy puzzles, especially 3D puzzles, as well as…
Another year, another Hour of Code 🙂 This year we did 2 sessions at the Winter Park Library, one for 2nd – 3rd grades and one for 4th – 5th grades. It was great to meet and speak with some of the parents who attended alongside their kids. This year we did the Star Wars…
