In this exercise we will create an Android mobile app that displays your current coordinates in the app and shows your position on a map. What are co-ordinates? On a map co-ordinates are measured by latitude and longitude and a number for both... » More
We are going to make a game in Scratch where you will try to keep a ball up without letting it fall to the bottom of the screen. An example is shown below: Start by create a new Scratch projectRemove the Scratch cat spriteEnable 'Video Sensing'... » More
We want to end up with a quiz game that asks questions and keeps track of the score Start a new project in Scratch and remove the scratch cat. We would like something to ask the questions so choose a new sprite from the Scratch library. I... » More
For this exercise we will be creating a cool animated logo of your name. An example is below: Scratch allows creating games, animations and stories. Use a Chrome or Chromium web browser and visit Scratch at: https://scratch.mit.edu/ When... » More
Another interesting session with kids exploring Scratch, AppInventor and Java. Thanks once again to all the mentors and The Hub for hosting us. The March dojo is available to book here.
We kicked off 2019 coding sessions in The Hub in Newry - a co-working space with hot-desk facilities on Margaret Street. Suzanne & Paddy made us very welcome and we had kids getting stuck in to Scratch, AppInventor, HTML and Python. The Hub,... » More
It has been a while since our last session. Unfortunately at that one I got a parking ticket :-( and after lugging around boxes of gear month after month I suppose I got a little fed up. However, we are back to start 2019 with a digital bang. We... » More
The previous exercise used random to choose a random number. In this exercise (also available as a PDF) we choose random words from lists to create custom usernames. This exercise introduces the following concepts: String Manipulation Lists For... » More
We would like to expand the code from the previous exercise to allow multiple rolls of the dice without having to re-run the program each time. This exercise introduces the following concepts: Whitespace String Manipulation Functions While... » More
This short exercise will cover topics relevant to GCSE computing including: Variables Data Types Random Numbers Log in (or register) at https://repl.it Create a 'New Repl' Then choose 'Python 3' as the language Type the... » More
In this exercise we will create an Android mobile app that displays your current coordinates in the app and shows your position on a map. What are co-ordinates? On a map co-ordinates are measured by latitude and longitude and a number for both... » More
