I spent part of this afternoon installing ToriOS 1.5 on a netbook, with the view that having usedg the OBI installer software I could write instructions for the ToriOS manual which is my main project. However in order to write the manual you need to have access to the software or system you’re writing…
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Code Club 6/4/2019 : Write up
Another successful tech jam. We had about 3 children, probably due to it being the start of the Easter Holidays. Progress has now been made with the platform game being worked on, as well as other projects. It is all one big learning experience. We now have a parent joining us as a volunteer. We…
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Next code club is on Saturday 16th February 2019 at Paignton Library. More Scratch, Python and coding More basic info on our Code Club page. Scratch Website Trinket Website Also looking forward to more discussions on Twine.
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Next code club is on Saturday 2nd February 2019 at Paignton Library. More Scratch and Python and hopefully a new helper will be dropping in to see what we are doing. More basic info on our Code Club page. Scratch Website Trinket Website
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Next code club is on Saturday 19th Jan 2019 at Paignton Library.
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I have been creating some activities for Scratch 3. These are hosted on Github. I have links on my wiki section. Github + stackedit + markdown = easy on-line publishing and resource creation 🙂 I have also uploaded to ScratchEd.
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Third Code Club session is Tomorrow 6/10/2018. 10 – 12 at Paignton Library and Information Centre. Update 6/10/2018 Session went well, flyers handed out so hopefully a few more for next time ( 20/10/2018 ). Attendees are learning well and enjoying the sessions. Lots of resources to teach specific skills which can be…
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The Paignton Code club commences on Saturday 29th September 2018 at Paignton Library and Information Centre. We will be using Scratch 2.0 which is freely available but having an account may be helpful so you can store what you have created for the next club or work on at home. I have printed Module…
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First code club session on the 15th September went well. I am now looking forward to the next session. I have printed out all the activities for Scratch : Module 1, so can add these to the resources for code club. I should probably get a Trinket account ( https://trinket.io/ ) as this is used…
Continue readingPeople are waking up, finally.
Given all the current media attention given to Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. This demonstrates real anger at how our personal data is potentially (mis)used and how people are using this. The consequences are now proving costly to those involved. If you want to #deletefacebook, then please consider joining the free, decentralized, privacy aware and…
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