Saturdays, January 13 through March 17, 2-4 pm
Teens who enjoy playing computer games (and who
doesn’t?) can attend these free classes and learn to create their own game with
Scratch©, while making
new friends and having fun. In ten
weeks, they will be introduced to programming while gaining more passion and
confidence in computing technology. Every session at Crowell will be presented in
two parts: instruction and experience, giving teens the opportunity to apply
their knowledge as soon as they’ve learned
it.
Scratch© is a visual programming language developed by the MIT
Media Lab with a purpose to help teenagers learn to think creatively, reason
systematically and work collaboratively. It is commonly used by students,
teachers, and even college professors in beginner programming classes. After learning Scratch©, students will learn: how to
program a LED to flash when the push button is down, using if-else statements;
how to “draw” an image on a screen by simply using 0s and 1s; how to
create a music piece with a computer, instead of a piano. Teens will work on
circuit board construction and perform tasks on the boards by programming. Participants can apply their creativity,
drawing skills, and even music skills to those circuit boards.
Instructor Yifei (Amy) Liu is
a student at Flintridge Sacred Heart Academy where she is Vice President of the
Code Crew. She also teaches students
about programming concepts with Python.
Last summer she attended the iD tech academy - Electrical Engineering
& Coding at Stanford University which inspired her to teach this free class
in her community.
This class
consists of ten Saturdays beginning January 13 through March 17 from 2:00 to
4:00 pm in the Crowell Computer Lab. It
is open to middle and high school students, but there is only room for ten participants so please sign up as
soon as possible at the Adult Reference desk or by calling the library at
626-300-0777 extension 579. Participants
must bring their own laptop.
