Code Club 5/2/2022 – Write up
A real mixture today, before the session started I quickly put together a project for the Micro:bit, partly to make sure it was all working properly. The result is in the video below.
We are now working on several different projects / learning objectives.
A few of the younger members are on Scratch, others are on HTML / CSS and Python. I showed one of our new members the Lego WeDo, so hopefully we can get that up and running at the STEM group meeting on the 12th or almost certainly at the next Code Club session. It just needs someone who can sit down and put it together.
Moving between different groups of attendees, is quite a challenge, but one I am happy to accept and work with. This, of course, is all good practice for working in schools and supporting learners. Learners would, be at different ability levels at least. In the case of code club, I have children / young people aged 7 to 14.
I also had a chat with the staff at the Library, we need to work out what is now needed to be purchased to get the Lego Mind storms in a state where it can be used. Having the Raspberry Pi's + Brick Pi module is fine, but these are the original pis, with about 4gb cards, so there is no guarantee we can get these working properly with the Lego. So it may be easier to buy the new EV3 brick on it's own for use with the kit we do have.
Pi's can be repurposed.
So a good session, a few new attendees which is always good. More parent / guardians staying is very welcome. It is rather challenging getting things to work, note to self, Repl.it has a dedicated Python + turtle module.
I may in fact BIN all the code club printouts, they are for Scratch 2, so don't fully match up properly, and can cause confusion. All activities are online anyway.
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Python,#WebDesign,
#Lego,#Coding,#Education,#LookingForWork
Next Code Club Saturday 19th Feb 2022
