San Antonio Youth Code Jam 2014 - KLRN SciGirls

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What is the Code Jam?

• Local events, "hack jams" or "code jams" make game design, webmaking and digital literacy easy, social and fun.
• We'll be using tools that help make it easy for youth to explore, remix and redesign the web.
• Understanding how to design games and tinker with code is a skill that's in demand and makes youth more employable.
• Taking part in a code jam helps teens and tweens develop learning competencies, including critical thinking and interpersonal skills.
• All of the tools and curricular content are designed to be peer-learning experiences that are constructed and evolved by community input and contribution.
• More info online at www.sacodejam.org

Our Plans for this Code Jam

Date: Saturday, September 20, 2014

Time: 1 - 4 pm

Location: Rackspace Global HQ (The Castle), 1 Fanatical Place

What to bring: You will need to bring your own laptop. If you have other electronics that you don't mind your child/children using, then please bring those as well - for example, digital camera, flip cameras, tablets, etc. They might just find something interesting to do with them.

*Please note that you must stay with your child during this event....this is a collaborative experience. We promise parents will have fun, too.

Thank you to our sponsors!

And our partners!

Code Jam is a project of

What We're Going to Do on September 20

This code jam is meant to be a semi-unstructured, collaborative, creativity-inspiring experience for youth. No experience required! There is no strict agenda, and we think just a touch of chaos is good for learning. There will be multiple stations. When kids arrive, we'll describe each of the stations, and then they'll be free to choose where they want to spend their time. This gives them the opportunity to work on the projects they find personally interesting. Some kids will float around, spending time at many stations and working on different things, while others will choose to spend the majority of their time working on one project. We welcome this sort of self-directed learning.

Each station will have volunteer instructors and assistants - there to teach the kids how to use the tool, and then to support them as they think creatively and use the tool.

A Sampling of Stations (subject to change)

• Minecraft (Boolean logic): No explanation needed! It's the station everyone's been waiting for!
• Angry Birds: learn some Java basics with your favorite birds.
• Cyber security: Stay safe online.
• Code Spells (Java): You are a wizard in a land of gnomes and your magic mojo lies in your ability to cast spells.
• Scratch (drag and drop/logic): create your own interactive stories, games, and animations in a drag and drop environment
• HTML/CSS: build your own website
• Python: for our more advanced students...learn to code in Python.

The More, the Merrier!

Please feel free to tell other parents, your teachers and friends about this event. We have space for up to 30 KLRN SciGirls and their parents. We won't have computers, so don't forget, you'll need to bring your own laptop.

If all the spaces are filled, feel free to join the waitlist. We will notify you if space becomes available.

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