Saturday, November 9, 2019 – 9:45 am to noon – Ticket order form at bottom of page
Seattle CoderDojo is a free STEM skills meetup for kids, powered by volunteers. Parents must remain on premises. Free underground garage parking is available nearby.
THIS WEEK: We’re teaming up with CascadiaJS, a premiere professional JavaScript Developer Conference for a JavaScript Takeover!
WHAT’S ON THIS WEEK AT A GLANCE:
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Scratch Room is JavaScript Beginner Room this week
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Dojo Room (All Ages – Beginner to Advanced)
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JavaScript Beginner Tutorial (8 and up)
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JavaScript Intermediate Video Game Tutorial (11 and up)
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JavaScript Advanced JavaScript Puzzles (11 and up)
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Professional Developer Certification (8th grade & up)
Ages are recommendations and not strictly enforced.
DESCRIPTIONS
Dojo Room (Beginner – Advanced, all ages)
The Dojo Room is a mix of all levels, absolute beginners welcome. Whether you need help writing your first line of code or creating the next Facebook, come meet our Dojo room mentors and they’ll help.
JAVASCRIPT TUTORIALS
We’ll introduce students to JavaScript, help them learn to make video games with JavaScript, or challenge them with some real JavaScript brainteasers.
Beginner: Woof.JS is a great tool to help kids transition from Scratch to JavaScript. Start with a familiar-feeling interface, but use the blocks to reveal snippets of real code that can be combined to build cool stuff.
Intermediate: Let’s implement an endless runner game using the Phaser.JS game library and Emanuele Feronato‘s great tutorial (adapted for a workshop session).
Advanced: Challenge your puzzle solving skills by playing a puzzle game you must write code to win. We won’t give the name here because it’s no fun if you do it all beforehand.
Professional Developer Certification (8th grade & up):
Get your child started on an independent-study professional certification program with FreeCodeCamp.com. Supported by donors and volunteers, Free Code Camp certifications have helped over 10,000 people get their first tech job or level up in their tech career. Our mentors will help your child get started and then provide tutoring and guidance at our meetups. Each certification requires approximately 300 hours of online lessons and project work, so plan for your child to do the majority of their work on this at home. This takes place in the Dojo Room, but we give it special space here to call it to people’s attention.
DETAILS
ALL KIDS MUST HAVE AN ADULT ATTEND ALONG WITH THEM. NO DROP-OFFS. ONE ADULT CAN BE THE GUARDIAN FOR MULTIPLE KIDS. WE HAVE COFFEE.
FOR THE SAFETY AND SECURITY OF ALL OUR GUESTS AND TO COMPLY WITH AMAZON’S BUILDING ACCESS RULES, ALL ADULTS 18 AND OVER WILL BE REQUIRED TO SHOW PHOTO ID AT CHECK-IN.
PARKING IS FREE AT THE GARAGE ACROSS THE STREET. ENTER ON REPUBLICAN ST, BETWEEN TERRY AVE N AND BOREN AVE N. THE ENTRANCE IS INSIDE THE ALLEY BETWEEN THE TWO BUILDINGS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE STREET.
* PLEASE BRING A LAPTOP IF YOU CAN. WE HAVE SOME ON-SITE LOANERS, BUT WE DO NOT GUARANTEE WE WILL HAVE ENOUGH TO MEET DEMAND.
SEE WWW.SEATTLECODERDOJO.COM FOR MORE DETAILS ABOUT OUR VOLUNTEER GROUP.