Code Week is a project to bring a coding and robotics experience to all seventh grade students in the Holyoke Public School system.Each of the seventh graders in Holyoke have a week with 4 field trips to our classroom at the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center.
Build a Platformer!
We created a platformer template that you can use to learn Scratch programming!
Got Game!
We invited local teens to design and create games at a series of workshops in collaboration with the Holyoke Youth Task Force and a series for girls with Girls Inc. of Holyoke. Our workshops empowered teens to create games that address social issues in a positive way, creatively engage with technology, and explore issues important to them. They became creators of culture, instead of just consumers.
Why Computer Science is Important
Holyoke Codes began with Computer Science Education Week in 2014. We offered a series of workshops introducing kids to coding as part of this international effort to give kids around the world exposure to computer science Computer science and the technologies it encompasses lie at the heart of our economy, daily lives, and scientific enterprise. As the digital age has…
Stranded
Jack started coding Scratch at a Holyoke Codes workshop in February. He created this game about Mars called “Stranded” that was featured on the Scratch homepage. Pretty amazing what you can do – try it out and check out some of his other projects!
Rube Goldberg Contraption
This was one section of the physical-digital rube goldberg interface created at NERD Summit 2015 this year. The ball rolls down the ramp eventually triggering a sensor that initiates a virtual ball to begin moving, which eventually triggers a motor to release the next physical ball…
Play the Scratch Snake Game
Click the green flag and then use the arrow keys to help the snake eat as many mice as you can. But don’t run into your tail!
Do you know Scratch? Want to learn? Maybe you can remix this game and add a score? Maybe it should say “Game Over!” when you run into your tail? Or have different levels? Maybe the snake will go faster to make it harder?
At the Renewable Energy Workshop
A Solar Car
Experimenting with Wind Energy
At the Starting Line for the Solar Car Race
Artbotics Creations
These are just a few of the amazingly imaginative projects created at the Artbotics Workshop on April 18, 2015.
Questions for Rosie?