I can't remember the last time I did a blog entry just about me and not a program/code that I've been working on. November 2018 has been quite a month, so I have decided to do one now. Training I've spent most of it hitting up LinkedIn Learning to increase my knowledge in various subjects. … Continue reading November_2018 = document.getElementById(‘Update’)
To assist with the pupils attending Code Club I've knocked up a quick HTML tag reference sheet for the basic tags used in the first few projects. HTML Tags HTML stands for Hyper Text Markup Language. All the tags have and opening tag <> and a closing tag </> <head> </head> … Continue reading HTML Tag Reference Sheet (Code Club)
Over here in the UK it is the school Summer Holidays. For parents this means finding activities to keep young minds active, interested and from saying the dreaded words of "I'm bored". This can be hard when trying to keep educational / facts flowing over the summer break. For parents with young coders here are … Continue reading Summer Holiday Activities
I've really enjoyed my time as a Code Club volunteer, and in all honesty I feel amazed that I have had the opportunity to not only teach a new generation of coders, but also to learn along the way. Sadly my time of leading/teaching at the Code Club at MadLab is coming to an end, which … Continue reading Code Club exit()
Growing up my high school had some Nimbus computers - personally I preferred the Apple Macs but every so often I used a Nimbus. On those occasions I would get the opportunity to use Turtle to create some very basic shapes, and to be honest I never found it that interesting. Nearly 20 years later … Continue reading Colourful Creations (Python / Code Club)
In 2006, just after their "Infinite Crisis" storyline, DC Comics skipped a whole storytime year in their comic book universe. In 2017 I volunteered to run a Code Club, one year on and it has had some very positive events. My initial code club volunteering took place in a school, introduced me to concepts like … Continue reading One Year Later
From the beginning of 2018 the Code Club I run has been going through the Web-Dev projects of Code Club projects with the attendees learning about HTML and CSS. Today they completed Module 1 and I'm proud of them. When I first did any web development it was at GCSE level (IT) and the teacher … Continue reading HTML / CSS Code Club Module 1
Did anyone else want to be an astronaut growing up? I think it is one of the dreams all kids have and one that got me into astronomy for quite some time. Back in October 2017 the Code Club I run entered a fantastic event called “Mission Zero” as part of Astro Pi 2017. Young … Continue reading Astro Pi Mission Zero Day 2018
Sunday 8th October 2017 will see Salford and Manchester Weekend Code Club tackle Astro Pi: Mission Zero. The club will give attendees the opportunity to write a program in Python that will display a message and take the temperature, and potentially even have their code sent to the International Space Station! Full guidelines on Mission … Continue reading Astro Pi @ Salford and Manchester Weekend Code Club
Wow, what a week. I completed the Object Oriented Program (Python) course via FutureLearn; available here: https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/object-oriented-principles . It should be done over 4 weeks but I really got into creating the text based adventure game and figuring out how to generate enemies/items in rooms. This weekend I attended my first Raspberry Pi Jam with … Continue reading def September()
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