Thursday, January 24, 2019

Stop-Motion Animation: Day 4 - All Stop No Motion

Today was the last day of our 4-part Stop-motion animation class.  It doesn't look like anyone actually finished a movie but that's OK, we had a great time learning how the process works and horsing around with new friends.

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

TinkerCAD @ Elmwood Elementary

Today, Ahren visited Elmwood Elementary and the classrooms of Mrs. Predovich, Anderson, Jerzyk & Windisch. Ahren demonstrated the 3D printer to approximately 80 kids. Students quickly learned the basics of TinkerCAD and designed a small name plate which Ahren then printed out on his return to the library.

 What a great day!



Tuesday, January 22, 2019

Stop-Motion Animation: Day 3 - stop with the photos

Today we switched gears from taking pictures to editing our movies.  we loaded our digital photos on to the computer and started learning how to use the editing software Adobe Premiere Elements!

Thursday, January 17, 2019

Stop-Motion Animation: Day 2 - ...then what about 1,000 pictures?

Today is our second day of stop-motion animation. The students got familiar with the cameras and figures in the first class. Had some practice and now it's time to take it to the next level!

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

Stop-Motion Animation: Day 1 - If a picture is worth 1,000 words...

Today was the first day of Stop-Motion Animation! Students got acquainted with the basics concepts and then it was time to brainstorm ideas!

Thursday, January 10, 2019

Hour of Code - January 2019

Was your New Year's resolution to practice your coding skills? If so, you're in the right place. It's our monthly Hour of Code session. We had a variety of activities going on today from Flowlab game creator, to Ozobots to Code.org!

Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Robot Club - January 2019

It's a new year, but we're still working on the same old robot! At this point the robot is all but assembled. Just a few more checks and tweaks to make before we can take it for a spin. Next up, time to start coding the robot to perform tasks on its own!