This project takes advantage of the new Adafruit QTPy board’s 6 capacitive pins to create platform for creating an interactive board that may be connected… Read More »Making a Capacitive Board for Interactive Scratch Games
We are compiling and occasionally updating a running list of resources and ideas for what to do with the kids during the stay at home directives. Have something cool to add? Leave it in the comments below.
Read More »Fun Things For Kids to Do During the PandemicJune 2020 Update: Sadly, due to the continued COVID outbreak and ongoing social distancing guidelines which will be with us for the foreseeable future, we… Read More »Covid-19 Notice
Parser Based IF The Wizard Sniffer http://bit.ly/wiz-sniff [details] Zork I [play] [details] The Hithchiker’s Guide to the Galaxy http://bit.ly/play-hhgg [details] Superluminal Vagrant Twin [play] [details]… Read More »Interactive Fiction
This spring session we tried something a little different and hands on. Campers were on a mission to build their dream home and automate it using the Microbit. The focus was on providing a project based and camper led experience. Working in pairs, basic programming and physical computing concepts were introduced such as creating LED circuits, programming sounds for the doorbell, using a servo to make a fan and introduction to sensors as burglar alarms. The Microbit and blocky based programming IDE (pxt.microbit.org) served as a user-friendly platform for exploration.
Read More »Creating an Automated House with the MicrobitI've been using the excellent Minecraft "mod" ComputerCraft a bit to teach some programming inside of Minecraft and wanted to make sure that anyone who wanted to set this up at home could do just that. Read More »Setting up ComputerCraft in Minecraft – installing Minecraft “mods” for beginners.
Access to hardware and internet are some of the more basic building blocks to developing CS skills. With these tools in hand, students can connect… Read More »Tech2Learn: Bringing Technology Home