I've been using the excellent Minecraft "mod" ComputerCraft a bit to teach some programming inside of Minecraft and wanted to make sure that anyone who wanted to set this up at home could do just that. Read More »Setting up ComputerCraft in Minecraft – installing Minecraft “mods” for beginners.
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.
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
Welcome back returning coders and greetings to our newest members! This week we set out to get to know each other and set some large… Read More »Fall 2016: Session 1
This week we rolled out the Badges section of the course. Coders will earn badges each week gaining skills which can be added to their… Read More »Spring 2016: Session 3
This week we continued working on our platformer and maze games adding a new level and introducing additional elements to the game. The process of… Read More »Spring 2016: Session 2
This lesson goes step-by-step in building a little maze game in scratch, with challenges for more advanced coders.
Coders will make a multimedia presentation to tell a story or give a presentation.
In this session every student will finish their joke. Most students will work on adding movement and other basic animations to their joke.