DIYAT: Switch Interface
A switch interface is a common device used by persons with motor disabilities to connect their switches to a computer. Although most switches have an… Read More »DIYAT: Switch Interface
A switch interface is a common device used by persons with motor disabilities to connect their switches to a computer. Although most switches have an… Read More »DIYAT: Switch Interface
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
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
Welcome to the start of the Spring 2016 session. This 6 week session we will be building a game using the Scratch programming language. Each… Read More »Welcome to the Spring 2016 Session: Week 1