We are compiling and occasionally updating a running list of resources and ideas for what to do with the kids during the stay at home directives. Have something cool to add? Leave it in the comments below.
Read More »Fun Things For Kids to Do During the PandemicThis January, MIT had released their most recent iteration of Scratch 3.0. For those without young children, Scratch is a hugely successful platform for teaching children about computer science while encouraging creative play and exploration. Projects created can vary from animations to games and much more. The platform is web-based and comes packed full of assets for characters, background artwork, and music. You are also able to upload your own images and sounds with up to 50 MB allocated per project. Interaction with characters (called Sprites) occurs by dragging and dropping blocks of code in the proper sequence on the coding stage.
We’ve been having some one-off holiday camps this September and spend one of the days playing around with creating Bitsy games. Bitsy is… Read More »Mini Games with Bitsy
Zero Day Camp is happy to announce the location of our new store front located at:
This spring session we tried something a little different and hands on. Campers were on a mission to build their dream home and automate it using the Microbit. The focus was on providing a project based and camper led experience. Working in pairs, basic programming and physical computing concepts were introduced such as creating LED circuits, programming sounds for the doorbell, using a servo to make a fan and introduction to sensors as burglar alarms. The Microbit and blocky based programming IDE (pxt.microbit.org) served as a user-friendly platform for exploration.
Read More »Creating an Automated House with the MicrobitWe are happy to kick off another session of Zero Day Camp at PS 9. This session we will continue breaking up into smaller groups and pursuing student interests. Check out some of the exciting projects we are up to!Read More »Spring 2017 Kickoff
Zero Day Camp is happy to collaborate with PS 93 in Bed-Sty Brooklyn to present a 5 week after school CS introduction program using the Microbit. Physical computing is a great way to engage young learners and being to understand how computers and code can affect the world around them. The Microbit is a small computer which supports input connections using alligator clips and comes packed with multiple sensors. To learn more visit: microbit.org.
Access to hardware and internet are some of the more basic building blocks to developing CS skills. With these tools in hand, students can connect… Read More »Tech2Learn: Bringing Technology Home
This week we worked with strings to create Thanksgiving Mad Libs. The starter project asks for a part of speech which is saved as a… Read More »It’s a Mad Lib Kind of Day
Session 3 This week, coders worked on creating music using Scratch beats and instruments. Three tasks were introduced and rotated: Recording sound and using pre-existing… Read More »Fall 2016: Sessions 3 & 4
