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CoderDojo: August 24, 2019
We had a full house at this particular event! More tables and chairs had to be brought in to accommodate all of our excited students. Students at this event learned how to make a multiplayer soccer game using Scratch. They used a starter file provided by the Raspberry Pi Foundation for the images, and then …
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Lots of events: April-July!
From April to July, Techtacular kept busy with all of our regular events! We continued to volunteer at CoderDojo, the Anaheim Haskett Library, and Ponderosa Elementary School. Check our the Gallery page for some pictures from all of these events.
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Coolest Projects: March 23, 2019
Techtacular was invited to present at the Discovery Cube for Coolest Projects, an event sponsored by CoderDojo and the Raspberry Pi Foundation! We were able to talk to over 2,000 students and parents about our mission and how we are using technology to inspire the next generation. Thank you for supporting Techtacular!
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Space Invaders @ Anaheim Haskett: March 22, 2019
Full house today at Anaheim Haskett! So great to see these young minds interested in learning about computer science. Students at today’s class learned how to make their own video game similar to the classic game Space Invaders.
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Code.org @ Ponderosa Joint-Use Library: March 9, 2019
Saturdays at Ponderosa are for coding! Techtacular will be teaching a biweekly class on everything related to technology. Today, we started off with a basic introduction to block-based coding and how it can be used to learn more complicated computer science concepts like loops, conditions, and stepwise refinement.
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Python @ Anaheim Haskett: March 8, 2019
Techtacular kicked off our new series of biweekly classes at Anaheim Haskett Library! Students were excited to learn how they could use technology and coding, and finished off the class with an interactive demo on how to use Python.
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Thomas House Python Class: February 1, 2019
How many 5th graders do you know who can code in Python? We were able to teach the kids at Thomas House Temporary Shelter how to make a simple game using Python. By the end of the class, all the students knew how to use variables, input, output, random numbers, and conditionals to make a …
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CoderDojo: January 26, 2019
We had our first CoderDojo class of 2019! It was great to see so many new students interested in learning about coding. We gave them an introduction to a new coding competition, Coolest Projects, that they can compete in. Then, we introduced the kids to Scratch so they can make their own projects and let …
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Cerritos Library: January 19, 2019
Our January series of Scratch programming classes at the Cerritos Library was a huge success! We had the final class in the series today, and students were excited to learn how to make their own Space Invaders game using Scratch and defend the Earth from evil aliens. At the end of today’s class, we had …
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Thomas House: January 18, 2019
Techtacular is excited to announce our new partnership with Thomas House Temporary Shelter! We will be teaching regular classes to introduce the kids there to coding and technology. We had a lot of fun in our first class showing the kids what coding is, why it is important, and how it can be used in …
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