CoderDojo Bray: 6 Sessions on Nov 9, 16, 23, 30 and Dec 7 & 14, 2019

CoderDojo Bray is a coding club where the students (aged 7-17) work with a group of technical mentors to learn more about the technologies we use every day.CoderDojo Bray is free of charge because of the time and effort donated free by all of our volunteers and mentors, financial donations from our supportersand provision of a venue by Presentation College Bray. CoderDojo Bray would not happen without this generous continued support.If you would like to make a donation, provide equipment, or help out in any way, please contact us atbray@coderdojo.com. Any funds or equipment donated will be used solely to support the running of CoderDojo Bray.To register for an event, click on LIVE EVENTS below.

CoderDojo Bray

About the Coder Dojo sessions:
The next block of Coder Dojo sessions will commence on Saturday 9h November at 14:30 in Presentation College Bray. Sessions are 2 hours long. The last session in this block will be on 14th December. There will be 6 sessions on consecutive Saturdays. The sessions are dependent on adequate volunteer numbers and are subject to change. 
Tickets are free and will be released on a first come first served basis. Because demand usually exceeds the available places, the only way to ensure that your child gets a place is to Volunteer. See the Volunteer section of our website <A HREF="https://www.coderdojobray.com" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.coderdojobray.com</A> to learn how. 
<A CLASS="attrlink" HREF="https://www.coderdojobray.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">CoderDojo Bray</A> is a coding club where the students (aged 7-17) work with each other and a group of technical mentors to learn more about building websites, developing computer games and writing code. This block of sessions will have several parallel but related streams:
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write games and animations using Scratch
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create mobile apps using AppInventor 
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create websites using HTML/CSS
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animate your HTML website using Javascript
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IoT: introduction to electronics, programming the BBC Micro:bit, Raspberry Pi or Arduino boards
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Advanced Coding for experienced students
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Never 2 Old 2 Code: This is a stream for parents, grandparents or guardians of students attending the Dojo to learn how to code. 
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Please check our website <A CLASS="dynamiclink" HREF="https://www.coderdojobray.com/p/coding-streams.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">www.coderdojobray.com</A> for more details on these streams.
 
We have a small tuck shop where we sell a snack, sweets and fruit at break time at 3.30pm for a nominal fee (usually €1). You're also welcome to bring along your own snack if you prefer. Please bring a water bottle or juice for your child as we no longer sell them at the tuck shop. We sell coffee, tea and buiscuits for the adults. Any small proceeds from these sales go towards the Dojo's running costs.
Important: Parents MUST stay in the college during the dojo sessions. Under the terms of our insurance, only students participating in the Dojo are covered so we cannot accept younger children accompanying parents during the session. Parents/accompanying adults can bring along a laptop too and learn a little about coding in a separate room. Please sign up for the Never 2 Old 2 Code (N2O2C) stream below and let a mentor know.
 
What to prepare before the Sessions
1. Each student must bring along a laptop (Windows or Mac, but not iPads or tablets) that is wifi-enabled. You must have the necessary admin rights (password) to the laptop to allow software to be installed and network access to be configured.
2. Create a folder on the computer called CoderDojo, where your children can save all of their work.
3. Please download and install the following software on the computer:
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Google Chrome (<A CLASS="attrlink" HREF="https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/</A>)
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if you choose the Scratch stream, install Scratch 3: <A HREF="https://scratch.mit.edu/download" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://scratch.mit.edu/download</A><A CLASS="attrlink" HREF="http://scratch.coderdojobray.com/" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer"> </A>
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download the Sushi cards and any additional resources from the relevant stream's page (see <A HREF="https://www.coderdojobray.com/p/coding-streams.html" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">https://www.coderdojobray.com/p/coding-streams.html</A>)
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if you choose the Never 2 Old 2 Code you must also register a child to a different stream. This is a stream aimed at parents, grandparents or guardians of students attending the Dojo. All that is required is a laptop and the two hours spent whilst your child is coding. The current options available are Scratch and HTML/CSS. 
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Supporters & Future events:
CoderDojo Bray is free of charge because of the time and effort donated free by all of our volunteers and mentors, financial donations from our supporters and provision of a venue by Presentation College Bray. CoderDojo Bray would not happen without this generous continued support. If you would like to make a donation, provide equipment, or help out in any way, please contact us in the Dojo or at bray@coderdojo.com. Any funds or equipment donated will be used solely to support the running of CoderDojo Bray.
To stay informed of future events, please make sure you’ve registered on our <A CLASS="attrlink" HREF="http://eepurl.com/I0ng5" TARGET="_blank" DATA-MSYS-CLICKTRACK="0" REL="nofollow noopener noreferrer">mailing list</A>.

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