Join us for the inaugural 2019 Girls Mini Hack-a-thon – hosted by Fox Valley Girls Coding Club and Fox.Build on June 10th, 2019!
Learn more about the event here…
Author: Robin
March 8, 2019 Meeting
We will be meeting in the boardroom at 25N.
Agenda & notes:
- Review the NIU Hackathon – how did it go?
- Potential Jr. Hackathon with FoxBuild?
- Schedule for the rest of March and April?
February 8, 2019 Meeting
Tonight we will be meeting in the Boardrooom at 25N @ 5:45pm.
We will continue to work with Python in Codesters.com!
We will also be talking about the Huskie Hack!
January 11, 2019 – Meeting
TONIGHT: Makey Makey meets Codesters – PART TWO!
It was pretty fun last time – so we are doing it again!
We will playing around with drum sets, frogger, etc with Makey Makeys, in Python on Codesters.
Here is a rough example of a drum set:
https://www.codesters.com/preview/346bfe77835a4fdca41faa40da5866fb/
Here is a fun way to make a game controller with Makey Makey and Play-Doh: https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1490x
And the new version of Scratch (3.0) includes a Makey Makey extension that expands its capabilities. Take a look at this example:
https://labz.makeymakey.com/cwists/preview/1996x
Join us in the boardroom at 25N at 5:45pm!
December 14, 2018 – Meeting
TONIGHT: Makey Makey meets Codesters!
We will be making drum sets from Makey Makeys, in Python on Codesters.
Here is a rough example:
https://www.codesters.com/preview/346bfe77835a4fdca41faa40da5866fb/
Join us in the boardroom at 25N at 5:45pm!
December 7, 2018 – CANCELLED
Meeting CANCELLED! Please stay home, nice and warm and code! Or maybe go to the Geneva Christmas walk! See you December 14, 2018!
On December 7th, we will be meeting at the St Charles Library. Geneva will be hosting the Geneva Christmas Walk.
We will be re-writing the pong game that we build in the beginning of October with Scratch, in Python. We will be then seeing if we can also use a Makey Makey to play the pong game. 😉
Here is the scratch game: https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/214256666/
November 30, 2018 Meeting
PYTHON — PYTHON — PYTHON — PYTHON
Tonight, we will try out making an electronic greeting card in python – check it out:
https://www.codesters.com/curriculum/hour-of-code-2018/Making+an+E-Card/1/
Also, if anyone has any questions on their python games, we can work on those as well!
See you @ 5:45pm at 25N in Geneva!
November 16, 2018 Meeting
We will meet in the board room at 25N, in Geneva, at 5:45pm on Friday November 9, 2018. Never been there? Here is a Map
Meeting Agenda: PYTHON!!!!
Check out a few of our python games:
Robin’s Python Game – Monster Fight
You can even play them on your PHONE!
November 9, 2018 Meeting
We will meet in the board room at 25N, in Geneva, at 5:45pm on Friday November 9, 2018. Never been there? Here is a Map
Meeting Agenda:
- Anyone new this week? If so, no problem!
- Let’s do some code challenges in Repl.it
- Let’s dig into even more Python!
November 2, 2018 Meeting
We will meet in the board room at 25N, in Geneva, at 5:45pm on Friday November 2, 2018. Never been there? Here is a Map
Meeting Agenda:
- Anyone new this week? If so, no problem!
- Let’s dig into more Python!