Fall 2014 Computer Classes for ages 9 and up.

 

 Fall 2014 Computer Classes

for ages 9 and up. 

Got an itch to learn coding?

6 week programs.

 

   

Beginner's Workshop Ages 9 - 11

Code.org / Scratch

Sundays 10 - 11:30               (1.5 hours)

9/21, 28; 10/5, 12, 19, 26   

Fee: $180 non-members, $170 members

Code.org has expanded on its "Hour of Code" lessons with new, expanded Courses 2 and 3. Learn basic coding concepts by using drag-and-drop logic blocks to guide popular characters through a series of challenging puzzles. You will help characters from "Angry Birds," "Plants vs. Zombies," 

"Flappy Bird" and more to draw pictures, collect flowers, farm fields, 

and navigate mazes.

Then graduate to MIT's Scratch with with more flexibility to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. You will need an e-mail address (either your own or a parent's) in order to share your work online. Or, you can bring your project home on a USB drive or CD.

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Scratch Workshop Ages 10+

Scratch

Sundays 12:30 - 2:30 pm       (2 hours)

9/21, 28; 10/5, 12, 19, 26

Fee: $200 non members, $190 members

During this 6 week course, learn or expand your coding ability while recreating the classic strategy game "Daleks" in Scratch. Program a horde of evil robots and the wise-cracking time traveller they are intent to exterminate. Give your hero a sonic screwdriver to fight back with or a teleporter to help him escape. Then expand on the original by adding new enemies and power-ups.

[MIT's Scratch makes programming accessible by replacing typed commands with simple snap together logic blocks. Create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art - and share your creations on the web. You will need an e-mail address (either your own or a parent's) in order to share your work online. Or, you can bring your project home on a USB drive or CD.]

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Programming Workshop Ages 12 +

Processing & Scratching

Sundays 3 - 5 pm                  (2 hours)

9/21, 28; 10/5, 12, 19, 26

Fee: $200 non members, $190 members

Many people do their first programming in "Scratch", MIT's drag-and-drop language, which makes code accessible by replacing typed commands with simple snap-together logic blocks. But most real world programming languages are not so simple. Software developers use typed languages such as Java to create their Apps and games.

Over the course of 6 sessions, learn the basics of Java programming with Processing, a beginner's language designed for interactive graphics. With the Eli Whitney Museum's own "Scratching" Extension, you can use familiar Scratch commands in Processing to create even better games than with Scratch or Processing alone. Start by "cloning" the classic Space Invaders. 

Then develop your own masterwork.

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