Code Club 5/2/2022
The next Club will be on Saturday 5th February 2022 @ Paignton Library. Please contact the library to book.
We will carry on with what we were doing last session, hopefully expand on what we were doing with the Micro:bit
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch
Next Code Club
Please contact Paignton Library.
Code Club 15/1/2022
The next Club will be on Saturday 15th January 2022 @ Paignton Library. Please contact the library to book.
We will carry on with what we were doing last session, hopefully expand on what we were doing with the Micro:bit
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch
Next Code Club
Next code club Saturday 5/2/2022 : Please contact Paignton Library to book.
Code Club 18/12/2021
The next Club will be on Saturday 18th December 2021 @ Paignton Library. Please contact the library to book.
We will carry on with what we were doing last session, hopefully expand on what we were doing with the Micro:bit
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch
Next Code Club
Next code club Saturday 15/1/2022 : Please contact Paignton Library to book.
Code Club 1/12/2021
The next Club will be on Saturday 4th December 2021 @ Paignton Library. Please contact teh library to book.
We will carry on with what we were doing last session, hopefully expand on what we were doing with the Micro:bit
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Tags
#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Micro:bit,#Scratch
Next Code Club
Next code club Saturday 4/12/2021 : Please contact Paignton Library to book.
Code Club 4/12/2021 update
The next Club will be on Saturday 4th December 2021 @ Paignton Library. Please contact the library to book.
We will carry on with what we were doing last session, hopefully expand on what we were doing with the Micro:bit
In order to try and support this further, I have created a little connector board to help connect components to the Micro:bit computer.
Board and servo. The issue with the servo normally is that connecting to a Micro:bit with croc clips you need a solid connection. If you remove the connector you are simply left with very thin, multi core wire.
This board just bridges the gap, plug the board connector in to the top.
Then connect the crocodile clip(s) to the other set of connectors
A close up of the connection.
Please note: There is nothing special about doing this, I just soldered this up in the hope it may make things easier at code club. The servo could be swapped out for other sensors, for example a moisture sensor.
Update 2/12/2021
I have also created an LED board to go with the overall set of boards being created.
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Microbit,#Scratch,#Electronics, #Technology,#Problem,#Solving
Code Club 20/11/2021 write up
A really productive code club today. Small group, which was split between FreeCodeCamp, Scratch and Micro:bit. I have put some crocodile clips to one side for the next code Club.
So with the Micro:bit, we got an LED to light up, then controlled this with the built in switch, and eventually connected a speaker (which didn't work expected) so we connected a headphones.
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#CodeClub,#FreeCodeCamp,#Micro:bit,#Scratch
Next Code Club
Next code club Saturday 4/12/2021 : Please contact Paignton Library to book.
Code Club Saturday 6th November
The next Paignton Library Code Club is Saturday 6th November 2021. Usual time.
We will just carry on from where we left off last time, catch up on what has been undertaken since the last code club.
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#Paignton,#Library,#CodeClub,#Coding,#Programming,#Scratch,#HTML,#Python,#More,#Tech
Code Club 4/10/2021
I am back at Code Club today, 2nd session since our return. If you are still not sure what Code Club is, then you have clearly being living in a cave since about 2012. Anyway, it is a coding club for children, generally 9-13 years of age.
The Paignton Club is a little more advanced, in that some of the attendees are working through a responsive web design course.
It would be really good to get MORE code clubs in Torbay, and in fact would be really nice if those clubs could collaborate, share expertise, maybe some resources.
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#Coding,#Programming,#Scratch,#Python,#HTML,#CSS,#Python,#MicroBit,#RaspberryPi,#Lego,#FreeCodeCamp,#More
Scratch Spiral Project
So in this activity, we are going to try and produce a spiral using Scratch code. This is similar to what Spirograph [TM] produces.
It should look something like this when complete.
Open up Scratch 3 in a browser and create a new project.
When run, you should see it draw circles on the screen, move and re-draw, eventually building up a layer on layer spiral pattern with circles.
The method here for drawing circles could be used in other projects too.
