I was looking for something relating to the snap package on Debian, but happened up on another programming tool using blocks. So am sharing.
Snap is produced by the University of Berkley in California, and allows you to create code using blocks, but at the same time displaying corresponding Python 3 code. As with Scratch everything is stored in the cloud.
Something to take a look at during code club at some point.
More information can be found in the links below.
Visually create, save, and share projects, in the cloud, with Snap!, a blocks-based programming language. Brought to you by
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One of the advantages with Scratch is that it has a really nice interface, it is also available in a range of different languages.
Before the last Code Club I asked the tutor who runs the group in the room next door to the IT group. While they are learning English, I decided to ask if any of his group are interested in Code Club.
I am posting this to illustrate how to change the language of the Scratch front end, so children who speak other language can access this resource easily.
Video
Notes
You need to be logged to scratch
You need to start a new project
Click on the globe icon and select a language
3a. Note that the globe is normally on the left, but for the languages that read left to right, the globe icon is on the right hand side.
The next Code Club session is on 5th November. We should be able to carry on with Blender, Scratch and other projects.
Code Club Links
I was asked right at the end of the previous session about a homework project to design something that hasn't been invented yet. I came up with the idea that they look at the space industry given we are going back to the Moon and eventually going to Mars.
The following Links may be a useful starting point.
We had a very quiet session today for some reason. Based on the list of attendees booked I set up 3 computers with blender, then also the teaching PC and projector to play a video introducing Blender.
I did have 3 people attend, they were regulars to Code Club but not booked, nevertheless we had a good session with some scratch and discussions around social media.
Right at the end I had two people arrive who are are now booked on to the next session on the 5th November. I will factor this in and sort out some resources so they can start with module 1 of Scratch and work through the various modules and activities.
As sessions are two hours, this gives ample time to not only complete the activity but also move on to adapting the finished project further.
However I think they have another project in mind so I will look at finding some useful resources for that too.
I also used the time to print off the remaining Data Detox workshop slides so I have all of these printed along with their respective support materials ready for a future session.
At code club we have a piece of software called Tupi, which can be used for animation. I am creating a set of videos for peertube to cover the basic usage of this. As I am using Debian 11 to use the software and produce these resources they can be found in the Debian section of my diode.zone account on the federated Peertube network.
Please do not ask me about uploading to Youtube.
The next Code Club is on Saturday 15th October, so we may take a look at this IF there is sufficient interest.
