CoderDojoDC 2014 Review and PawelBots Part 1
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Presentation from the CoderDojoDC meeting on 12/21/2014. This contains a review of the past year of CoderDojoDC and some slides from our first PawelBot build.
CoderDojoDC 2014 Review and PawelBots Part 1
- 2. CoderDojoDC CoderDojo is a global network of free, volunteer-led, independent, community based programming clubs for young people. Above All: Be Cool!
- 3. CoderDojoDC Our History June, 2011 CoderDojo launched in Cork, Ireland January 5, 2013 Jason Blum holds the first CoderDojo in the Washington, DC area November 13, 2013 Ed Summers and Joshua Westgard launch Indiegogo campaign to continue CoderDojoDC (funded in 6 days)
- 4. CoderDojoDC 2014 Met almost every other Sunday the entire year! Northerly migration to the Elks Lodge Silver Spring Maker Faire Maker of Merit Robots, Interactive Fiction, Scratch, Raspberry Pi, Python, HTML, Minecraft, MaKey MaKey, Fractals White House Codestarter
- 5. CoderDojoDC Membership 0 50 100 150 200 250 300 11/01/12 02/09/13 05/20/13 08/28/13 12/06/13 03/16/14 06/24/14 10/02/14 01/10/15 CumulativeSubscribers Date Joined Google Group Meetup
- 6. CoderDojoDC 2015 Yes, the Nao is coming back! Continue to meet every other Sunday Corporate sponsorship Grow the number of regular mentors Find a new meeting location?
- 7. CoderDojoDC Our Formula Themed meetings Interest-based tables Plenty of time for coding Show-n-tell presentations Interested in helping out? Join our biweekly planning meetings via Google Hangout
- 8. CoderDojoDC Break up into groups Scratch Interactive Fiction (Twine) https://holidays.madewithcode.com/project/lights Robots part 1
- 9. CoderDojoDC Robotics One of our most requested activities! But it can be expensive!! And then we were told about Pawel Szmczykowskis Sumobot Jr. Originally for Node.js developers, but its great for us too Wood, so easy to modify
- 11. CoderDojoDC Making the PawelBot Yours Photo by Ian Cole for Make
- 13. CoderDojoDC PawelBots at the White House
- 15. CoderDojoDC More Accessories not for CoderDojo
- 16. CoderDojoDC Possible Future Projects Lights and sensors Autonomous (C programming on the Arduino) Sound Wireless control ??????
- 17. CoderDojoDC Help from Parents and Mentors Hardware prep Lead future platform builds Laser cutter access? Javascript help with Robotnik
- 18. CoderDojoDC Todays Goals Build the platform Understand servos Refine the instructions Teach mentors how to build If youre coming to the January 4th meeting, you make take home everything but the servos.