As recommended and used at Constructing Modern Knowledge Language Use URL Turtle Art 2D art and Logo geometry – also exports SVG files. Great first programming adventure. turtleart.org Scratch Animation, game design, collaboration, simple coding. Also controls micro:bits & LEGO. …
NeoPixels are tiny, programmable, color-changing, LEDs manufactured by AdaFruit. NeoPixels make cool additions to micro:bit projects since they require little power, can be addressed individually or in groups, and can change color. Although MakeCode makes programming the micro:bit easy, there is too little documentation about how to control the NeoPixels.
In 1971, Seymour Papert and Cynthia Solomon authored a prescient paper, Twenty Things to Do with a Computer. The ways in which my friends suggested using computers as intellectual laboratories and vehicles for self expression remain sadly elusive in too …
littleBits are ingenious snap-together magnetic elements used to create whimsical machines and prototype complex electronic circuits. It’s impossible to short-circuit the littleBits or create a syntax error in your physical “program” since they only snap together the “correct” way. Kids from …
A day-long celebration of learning by making hosted by The Willows Community School and featuring workshops by kid “Superheroes of the Maker Movement,” Super-Awesome Sylvia, Quin Etnyre, and Schuyler St. Leger. Hosted by Gary Stager, Ph.D. Different events are planned …
A Celebration of Learning-by-Making Sunday, February 22, 2015 The Willows Community School 8509 Higuera Street Culver City CA California 90232 (Google Map) Different activities for specific audiences: 10 AM – 11 AM – Panel discussion with the Superheroes of …