Monthly Archives: September 2023

Creator – Week 1

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Hi folks, we kicked off our Creators group for 2023/2024 today. The slides from today’s session can be found here:

CoderDojo Athenry – Creators – Session 1.pptx

For next week, please try to use one of these files:

to document your game idea. Remember that we don’t need a timeline, just the game concept. These files are just templates, so feel free to add anything you thinks is important and to ignore or delete anything you don’t think is important.

You will need to be connected to Microsoft Teams to download these files. Once you’re successfully connected to Teams, remember to say “Hello” in the 2023 Say Hello channel.

Also try to have Blender installed before next weeks session. This will avoid problems with passwords/IT locks/etc. Blender can be downloaded here.

See you next week!

Kick-Off Session Notes

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Thanks to everyone who joined up on the Introductory / Kick-Off Session today, it was great so see so many new faces and some familiar ones as well.

The introductory slides from this session can be found here: CoderDojo Athenry – Kick-Off Sept 2023.pptx

The slides for the Explorers group can be found here: CDA-Explorers-S8-Information-Session-EoinSept2023.pptx

The slides for the Creators group can be found here: CoderDojo Athenry – Creators – Kick-Off Sept 2023.pptx

Our first regular session is 12-2pm next Saturday, 30th Sept 2023.

We’re Back! Information Session this Saturday

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A second reminder that there is an information session this coming Saturday 23th September 2023 at 12pm in Clarin College, Athenry.

Anyone who has children attending CoderDojo for the first time, or just has questions they’d like answered is encouraged to come along.

The session is expected to last less than one hour.

Our normal sessions will resume the following Saturday 30th September 2023 from 12-2pm. Please note the time change from last year!

Looking forward to seeing you all there!

2023/2024 Season

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CoderDojo Athenry will be returning on Saturday 23 Sept 2023 with an information session. Our first normal session will be the following Saturday, 30 Sept 2023.

The information session will be a short session, running from 12-1pm. All subsequent sessions will be two hours in duration, from 12-2pm.

If you have not attended CoderDojo Athenry before, please do your best to attend the information session. For all others it is optional.

We have four groups running this year:

EXPLORERS: for young kids (must know how to read) Learn Scratch! Program your own interactive stories, games, and animations. Scratch helps kids to learn to think creatively and reason systematically.

ADVANCERS: for kids ready to move on from Explorers, features more advanced projects in Scratch and some other technologies.

BODGERS: for kids who have done Scratch and want to move on to a more advanced coding language. We’ll use Python to create our own animations and games similar those being created in both Scratch groups. This year we may also look at using Python to control some electronic hardware.

CREATORS: an introduction to game design and programming using the Unity Game Engine and Blender 3D modelling software.

Ninjas from 7 to 17 are welcome to join us. Children aged 12 and under must be accompanied by a parent/guardian who stays in the same room as them for the full session.

We look forward to seeing you all!