Welcome to Day 4 of Java Script Camp!

This morning the students began with a review from last class to clear up any questions they had and to make sure it is understood what is being taught. Afterwords, students who needed more time from yesterday finished up their work on texts and strings, while others began to work on Functions. Functions make your code more re-usable by grouping it into functions, and then make those functions accept parameters and return values.

In the afternoon, after lunch and free time, the students continued their work. Students would be either be working on the Functions if they did not finish it before the break, or continue onto the next section called Logic & If Statements. This allows for students to control their program and arrange certain codes to their liking. 

Omar also introduced  a ranking and progress system for the students to follow. It displays the ranking and level of progression for all the students to see where they can improve or whether their rate of work is efficient.

Welcome to Day 2 of Java Script Camp!

This morning the students began with a review from last class to clear up any questions they had and to make sure it is understood what is being taught. Afterwords they began working on variables. Variables allow to hold certain values based on demand, create certain animations, and more!

An example of a challenge. 

After lunch, the students spent their free time playing soccer, on the playground, and socializing at the park.

In the afternoon, the students began working on the animation section of the course. This is where the students learn to take their creative side and give life to their coded creations! This displays the array of lessons and challenges they must complete.

One student, Alim, even got as far as to create an animation of their own and create a video displaying the process!

Welcome to Day 1 of Java Camp!

The students began their morning with some jiu jitsu from instructor Phil! They learned various basic movies, while getting their bodies moving and mind sharp.

After Jiu jitsu, the students were brought back into the classroom to begin the first day of java script camp! They were introduced to a great video on the basis of all program and the several key points about programming. It truly depicts the impact of programming in our developing world.

This is a display (left) of the introductory program for this morning and afternoon. The student are working on learning how to program several shapes and how to colour these shapes.

After lunch and free-time, the student continued through out the afternoon working on their challenges and assignments in each section. They worked hard and many surpassed what was expected of them on the first day. Here is an example of a challenge and a creative assignment being done. 

Welcome to Day 5 of Python Camp!

This morning the students took a step back from their python lessons to be exposed to several educational based videos on the backgrounds of the first computer program, how computers work, history of computers, and the human computers. After they were done viewing the videos, all the students would continue the assignments from yesterday.  

The students spent there lunch at the park and enjoyed part of the afternoon playing and socializing. 

After lunch and free time outside, Omar (http://badreddin.com/) introduced two new Python challenges for the students. The two challenges force the students to use what they have learned through out the week and apply it to solve the challenges. 

Welcome to Day 3 of Python Camp!

This morning the students began  reviewing the lesson on lists and tuples to clarify any questions they had. After, they began working on the new module called Dictionaries. Dictionaries  is an unordered sequence that's indexed by declaring key: value pairs.

After the student finished their work, Omar took some extra time to teach the students how to create a virus using Python.

Post-lunch and a great time spent at the park, Omar gave a brain teaser challenge to the students known as the "3 Man Challenge". The students were very determined to complete the puzzle.

For the rest of the afternoon the students worked on several assignments that forces to comply all they have learned thus far and apply it properly.

Welcome to day 1 of Python camp 2014!

This week the students will look into the basic steps and several processes into coding using a Python program that is instilled with several lessons and challenges. Omar showed this inspirational video to the students to give perspective on the importance and impact coding has in our world.

The students began the morning with some jiu jitsu to get their bodies moving and from instructor Phil!

After jiu jitsu, the students began their online interactive Python course with several lessons, videos, and several tasks they must complete to the course URL: https://www.learnstreet.com/lessons/languages/ 

After lunch, they went outside to the park to enjoy the sunshine! Students enjoyed playing basketball, football, and socializing on the playground.

The students were then assigned to a challenge of using what they have learned about Python in terms of coding to play Hangman.

Welcome to day 5 of Scratch camp! As today is the final day, the students spent the entire morning finalizing their Scratch animation project and practiced their presentation for the afternoon. If they were done early in regards to their presentation, the students were allowed to play Scratch related games. These games allowed for students to be exposed to different types of Scratch made games, while giving future ideas they might have if they wanted to develop more games.

After they finished their lunch and spent time outside in the sun at the park, the students were prepared to present their final product of their Scratch game. 

Welcome to day 4 of Scratch camp! This morning the students were working on their end-of-week assignment and displaying their work thus far. The students would then discuss what improvements could be made to finalize their projects and overall they helped each other out through out the entire process. 

After displaying their work and all students ate their lunch, it was time to head outside for some fresh air! The students enjoyed spending time at the park playing football, soccer, and basketball. The students also enjoyed their free time to socialize and relax.

In the afternoon, the students spent the majority of their time improving their end-of-week assignment as it is due the next day in class. They took this time to finalize the larger portions of their Scratch animation development and tomorrow (last day) will be spent finalizing any other minor details necessary. These are the depictions of their animations thus far. 

Welcome to the third day of Scratch Camp! The students began their morning with a classic challenge of the logic; River Crossing! All of the students managed to figure out the puzzle in a fairly short period of time.

The previous brain teaser would then be turned into a challenge for the students as they had to display the solution to the puzzle in a animated format using scratch. Here are snapshots of the students displaying their solutions. 

Welcome to the first day of Scratch Camp! In the morning it began with Omar teaching the students the basic elements of the Scratch program. This week the students will learn all the components of creating their own story board with their sprites, backgrounds, and custom motions!

Students began to gather ideas for their story lines and gained more knowledge by looking at other people's examples. Omar also looked to explain to the students the several ways Scratch can be used from several animations to games.

After the students had their lunch and outdoor break outside, they began to develop the basis of their end-of-week assignment. On the left is the basis for an eye spy themed game and on the right displays a world cup themed shoot-out game. The students then had to present their work thus far and as a class we brainstormed ideas for improvement of each presentation.

Further into the afternoon the students were assigned to a game animation challenge to create a game of Tic-Tac-Toe. They were allowed to decide on any theme or background to display the creative portion of the game while functioning at the same time. END OF DAY 1!