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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ToriOS Testing 1.5 Released
March 2019. ToriOS 1.5 has been released. ToriOS 1.5 is based on Debian 8 – Jessie. Can be downloaded from here. I have updated the manual to include fresh instructions for how to get the new version. We could really do with more documentation for related software, for example virt-manager (Virtual machine Manager) as…
Continue readingCode Club 2/3/2019
Next code club is on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at Paignton Library. Scratch, Python and more. More basic info on our Code Club page. Link to the Code Club Projects page. Scratch Website Python Website W3 Schools Trinket Website Also looking forward to more discussions on Twine. If you have an exiting Scratch account…
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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 19th Jan 2019 at Paignton Library.
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First session of 2019. So we are now up to 8 attendees with 3 three new attendees today, so a great start to 2019. Using scratch 3 went without any major problems. The children also like some of the new features such as Text to Speech. So positive start to the new year. My…
Continue readingCode Club 15/12/2018
Code club is back this Saturday 15/12/2018. We will be carrying on with existing projects and helping new members get started. Lots of activities to have a go at. UPDATE This will be our LAST code club before Christmas, and probably the last of 2018. In which case Code Club will commence on the…
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A reminder that the next Code club is this Saturday at Paignton Library.
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Yesterdays code club went well. The attendees are still working on their own projects, which is fine. Everyone helps each other out, so very collaborative. However there are enough resources for any new starters who would like to use the code club materials. We have a few spaces left so are up to roughly…
Continue readingHour of code 2018
This year the Hour of Code will be the biggest and best ever. There is so much I can’t wait to share, and it starts with a special video! Creativity is our theme for the Hour of Code this year. Hour of Code during CS Education Week, December 3 – 9th. Students worldwide…
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