MoonHack Event & Hackthon

Moonhack

Moonhackthon

#getkidscoding

20th July 2018

Tech trivia of the Day:

“ Coding is the new literacy. To thrive in tomorrow’s society, young people must learn to design, create and express themselves with digital technologies ,” says Mitchel Resnick ,a media arts and sciences professor at the MIT Media Lab.  

Use cloud computing & save the environment ..

Dive Deeper

 Code Club Kenya

-Code Club Kenya is an affiliate of Code Club World ( CoderDojo &  RaspberryPi) we shall be holding  and participating  in a  Meetup and  the Moonhackthon event simultaneously ( 20/7/2018)as the global one at:

Moi Universit Nairobi Campus

Bazaar Plaza,5th Floor  Moi Avenue P.O. Box 63056-00200,Nairobi -Kenya .

-Populary known  as, American Corner/Space.

About 8  Google Chromebooks notebooks/laptop shall be availed and be provided. Plus free WiFi

-Sample devices of the BBC Micro:bit  kit shall also be provided for the hands-on-skills.For the participants. 

-Even if you do not have access to a Microbit you can complete  this project! The free virtual  editor  (https://www.makecode.microbit.org )allows anyone to participate. Checkout the Microbit.org .

_ Attendee & participants are encouraged  to carry refreshments  & own packed  food or buy at designated places.

Time Zone

8:30 a.m  to  3:30 pm  East African  Time (EAT)

What if I can't  make it for the Meetup?

-If you can't  meet on 20 July ,you can still participate! 

Complete  the projects in advance  and simply  upload the links to the Moonhack  website on the day.

-You don't  have to be a part  of Code Club, Coder Dojo or other group to participate. 

- Moonhack  is designed  for anyone who is curious  to give coding a try .We also want to inspire those familiar with coding to create and share their best work as part of the world record. 

STEM Skills

Moonhack 2018 projects will have relevant  links to:

a) Gravity 

b)The planets

c)Critical  thinking 

d)coding 

Projects

-The projects are here to find inspiration and get a Moonhack project going .You can choose  to use our guides and project samples, or you can create your own from lots over great friends and partners

           Requisites

a) Projects should  take around  an hour to complete. 

b) LunarLander [ Scratch ] : write a lunar game in Scratch. 

 

c) Moons [ Python ] :write  a program that outputs the moons of a planet.

d)Write your own Any space  /moon themed project  can be submitted  during  Moonhack!

NB:

-You must register your event  attendance  at  MoonHack Register to be counted  towards the record-setting event!

Moon Landing & Walking

-In 20 July  1969 the first humans to ever touch down on the moon did so in the LunarModule .Landing this machine was no easy task.The pilot , Neil Armstrong had to guide the craft to the optimal  landing.

 

"Words said when Armstrong first stepped onto the Moon (20 July 1969). In the actual sound recordings he apparently fails to say "a" before "man" and says: "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind." "

     Code Club

Code Club is a nationwide  network  of volunteers -led coding clubs with a mission to get #getkidscoding

-All Code clubs are free to join  ,and are supported  by volunteers , parents , educators and our partners.

-There are about 10,000 Code Clubs globally. 

     What is Moonhack?

Moonhack is a celebration of human  technological achievements,on the anniversary  of the first moon landing.

- Moonhack is a world  record setting  event for everyone to participate .The campaign  is aimed  at kids who knows to code and the kiadults, adults , teachers , libraries and  hobbyists around  them who want to encourage  kids to explore  and achieve  through  education .

Learning  through Do's

-We believe  that the pathways to sparking  a love for lifelong  learning is through  collaboration , creativity and through   DOING! Code Club is a movement  sparked through the idea that this kind of education  should  be  available  to every  kid ,in every village , town, and city in the world. 

-The future will,need skills  like: programming , software development ,  coding and skills to build digital technology & pursue  STEM education. 

Embed literacy  into STEM projects

 -As STEM, STEAM & STEAM educators ,we want to help students  think and work like scientists , engineers and computational thinkers .But that involves  more than introducing  students to design processes  or teaching them about technology tools . The work of engineers  involves collaboration , communication , global citizenship  and literacy skills .

Remember  ,learning  has no finish  line..!!

-Take a moment  to reflect on the words of Dr. Stephen  R.Covey, "Through  you may find some of it to be simple common sense ,remember  common sense is not common practice, and I guarantee that if you will focus your efforts in these areas,you will come into your life."

- I believe these words can be applied in learning CT (and any new concept or practice ) as we help students  use what they already know to devedevelop their CS superpowers!

              Final Advice

Last ,but not least : one cannot become  a professional  programmer in 2 weeks,2 months or even  a year.It takes time and patience. 

- Trainers should  not rush or make false promises .They should  focus on whether students understand the concepts and not in one or too fast.

- Computational  thinking (CT) is the highest  order of problem -solving , a cross-curricular skill ,and is understandable  to both machines and humans

-Help your students  become computational  thinkers by building their competency in decomposition , pattern recognition , abstraction , abstraction and algorithm design.

Sources:

[1] Moonhack.2018. MoonHackthon Meetup. ( www.moonhack.com/host-a-moonhackthon )

[2] Moonhack. 2018.MoonHackthon Projects.  ( www.moonhack.com/projects )

[3] CodeClubWorld:Coding Club. ( 

https://www.codeclubworld.org/ )

[4] Code Club Kenya.Annoucing the launch of our code clubs. ( https://theirworld.org/news/announcing-the-launch-of-our-code-clubs-in-kenya-and-uganda )

[5] CoderDojo:Start a Dojo. ( 

https://coderdojo.com/start-a-dojo/  )

[6]BBC Micro:bit. A Micro:bit. (http://microbit.org/)

7] RaspberryPi.RaspberryPi Products. ( 

https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/ )

[8] Google. Google Chromebooks.  ( https://www.google.com/chromebook/ )

[9] Scratch.Scratch-Imagine,Program,Share. ( https://scratch.mit.edu

[10]Python.Python.org. ( https://www.python.org/ )

[11] Microsoft. MoonHackthon Project Resources:OneDrive-Download.

 ( https://1drv.ms/f/s!Aqf7Kl10DzPOl17b1qU13mR3aLnI )

[12]Dropbox. MoonHackthon Project Resources :Dropbox-Download. (

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/5mdf8rcqgdf5hsu/AACk5yo7HhC8ZovlzqPiJ8TYa?dl=0 )

13] American  Spaces : U.S.Embassy in Kenya. ( https://ke.usembassy.gov/education-culture/american-corners/ )

[14] Code Club Kenya blog:How to develop computational thinkers. ( https://codeclubkenya.blogspot.com/2018/06/how-to-develop-computational-thinkers.html)

[15] Google Cloud. Business Apps.Your company needs. ( https://codeclubkenya.blogspot.com/2018/06/business-apps-your-company-needs-built.html )

[16] Lifewire.7 free Programming Languages to Teach Kids How to Code(

https://www.lifewire.com/kids-programming-languages-4125938 )

[17] Lifewire.The Best Resources for Learning to Code Online.(

https://www.lifewire.com/best-resources-for-learning-to-code-online-4140687 )

Sharing is Caring..!! 

Change Is An opportunity  To  Do Something Amazing. INNOVATORSMINDSET

@fsagwe

Best,

Tags:getkidscoding,

,computerscience , computing ,math ,history ,robotics ,STEM ,STEAM ,SHTEAM  ,tech  ,ICT  ,digital technology  ,coding  ,Scratch  ,Python  ,Micro:bit  ,coding