Code Club 5/8/2023
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 5th August 2023 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club projects, hour of code and some more Rocks and diamonds.
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club 22/7/2023 Write up
We had three new starters today, so as everyone is interested in Minecraft, I started everyone off with the Hour of Code Minecraft activities. This went really well,. kept everyone engaged with lots of valuable learning taking place.
I have also figured out how to set up Rocks and diamonds so we can skip completed levels and carry on from where people got to previously. I need to do this as the computers reset each time they are turned off, which means that progress data is also lost.
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Next Code Club
The next code club is August 5th
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children,#Education
Code Club 22/7/2023
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 22nd July 2023 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club projects, hour of code and perhaps hour of code. Probably some more Rocks and diamonds.
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club 1/7/2023 writeup
So today we did more of the usual coding. I spent some of the time trying to fix the issue I had with the Pi pico routine I have been working on. Please see earlier post.
This now appears to be fixed (or at least working a lot better than it was) and there should be video and photos up on the library website and social media pages.
I will get a video made for this and uploaded to peertube and post the new code block in a new post.
Next week is the STEM Group on 8th July 11 to 15:00 at the library.
I have put some of the links from this below as a list.
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If you also sign up to the Raspberry Pi foundation, you can track your own progress and collect badges. This is optional, as this presents more ways for data to be collected.
As before if you would like to save work, please sign up for a scratch or Trinket account so you can save project progress and carry on at home or at the next session.
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club 1/7/2023
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 1st July 2023 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club projects, hour of code and perhaps hour of code.
Perhaps some more discussions around Technology, AI, Coding, etc.
I spent some time Friday afternoon setting up the room
I have put some of the links from this below as a list.
Useful Links
If you also sign up to the Raspberry Pi foundation, you can track your own progress and collect badges. This is optional, as this presents more ways for data to be collected.
As before if you would like to save work, please sign up for a scratch or Trinket account so you can save project progress and carry on at home or at the next session.
Video
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club 17/6/2023 reminder and update
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 17th June 2023 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club projects. The write up from last session is here and the write up from Saturdays STEM group event is here.
I spent some time Friday afternoon setting up the room
I have put some of the links from this below as a list.
Useful Links
If you also sign up to the Raspberry Pi foundation, you can track your own progress and collect badges. This is optional, as this presents more ways for data to be collected.
As before if you would like to save work, please sign up for a scratch or Trinket account so you can save project progress and carry on at home or at the next session.
Video
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club 17/6/2023
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 17th June 2023 10 am to 12:00. We will carry on with with the Code Club projects. The write up from last session is here and the write up from Saturdays STEM group event is here.
I have put some of the links from this below as a list.
Useful Links
If you also sign up to the Raspberry Pi foundation, you can track your own progress and collect badges. This is optional, as this presents more ways for data to be collected.
As before if you would like to save work, please sign up for a scratch or Trinket account so you can save project progress and carry on at home or at the next session.
Video
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#CodeClub,#Projects,#Python,#Scratch,#Coding.#Programming,#Children, #Education
Code Club – Compute-IT
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 20th May 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing,
You may have noticed a link to compute-it added to the list of websites, if you're not sure what this is I have put a brief description below. Some of the young people attending both code club and stem group have used it
Compute IT consists of puzzles where you need to follow the instructions presented in the code displayed on the screen, This stars out simple and gets more complex or involved as you go.`
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I have added a video to my peertube resources to illustrate.
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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM,#Lua,#Roblox
Code Club 6/5/2023 Write up
We had a lower turnout today, probably due to the coronation. Nevertheless we were actually very productive.
A new member started off with the Free code camp course on scientific computing, which is mostly video with Q&A. This really good, but not very interactive so we moved on to the Code Club Python activities
Using trinket to create a program to simulate rolling a dice
This worked much better, so we they are going to carry on at home, them come back next week to the STEM group.
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Beginner Level
Next event
13th March – STEM Group 11 – 15:00 20th March – Code Club 10 – 12:00
New people welcome, as a group we can all learn together and support each other.
It would recommend getting accounts with the following, and bringing the details with you. A parent / guardian may need their phone to help facilitate logins.
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Code Club 6/5/2023 reminder
The next Paignton Library code club is on Saturday 6th May 2023 10 am to 12:00. We can carry on with what we are doing,
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Beginner Level
Roblox
As Roblox is very popular and allows you to develop within the game the following may be useful.
Note you need your own laptop with this installed so you can develop Lua projects for Robox. You can use Replit to learn Lua but need an account.
GNU / Linux BASH
This is something that once mastered can be very beneficial
Python
Web Site Creation
Other
Free Code Camp offer a wide range of follow along interactive courses, tutorials etc. You will need an account but it is probably worth getting on.
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I have previously included links to other resources, as I have now updated this page then the old links are still on the previous post.
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#CodeClub,#Scratch,#Coding,#Hacking,#Python,#STEM,#Lua,#Roblox