TinkerCAD: Day 4 - The Last Final Piece

Today was the last day of TinkerCAD!  I can't wait to see what our final designs will look like printed out on the 3D printer!

TinkerCAD: Day 3 - Cateycorns, Unicutters, Wolf, Llama & Rockets

Today was the second to last day of TinkerCAD.  We are getting close to being done and finalizing our designs!  I can't wait to see how they all turn out!

TinkerCAD: Day 2 - ...but you still have to build it, otherwise they won't come.

Day 2 of TinkerCAD!  The introductory tutorials are over and now it's time to flex our creativity and start working on a project!  Students have until next Thursday to finalize their design.  So the pressure is on!  Time to stare at a blank screen, overwhelmed by the possibilities...

TinkerCAD: Day 1 - If You Build It, They Will Come...

Another TinkerCAD class started up today!  TinkerCAD is so much fun.  We went to TinkerCAD.com and learned how to use the web-based tool to design objects in 3D!  When the class is over Ahren will print all of our objects on the 3D printer!

Electric Origami: Day 2 - Light 'em Up!

Today was day two of Electric Origami.  The students learned how to fold a piece of paper into an inflatable cube and began working on drawing a circuit along the inside of their paper using special conductive pens from Circuitscibe.

Today we need to complete our circuits, attach our LEDs and batteries and hope that it all works!

Electric Origami: Day 1 - You Gotta Know When to Fold 'Em

Today was the first day of our Electric Origami class. We are attempting to make an LED Foldie as detailed over here.

Instead of using aluminum foil we are going to attempt to use Circuitscribe pens.

This is a hard one!  Getting the cube to light up after it's been folded and the battery attached is difficult and only the best of the best with patience and sharp folding skills will be able to make it happen!

Hour of Code

Hour of Code was in session today.  Students used Code.org to stretch their coding legs, learn new skills and refresh old concepts!

Robot Club

Robot club met again to continue work on our 2nd clawbot.  The last group that met in August didn't get very far, so we picked up still in the early pages of the instruction booklet.

PNG Fall 2018

Technology Classes for Teens

Tuesday & Thursdays @ 4pm

Robot Club (6th grade & up) - 

Interested in robotics?  Join our monthly robot club to learn how to use our Vex Robotics kit and form our very own Library Robotics Team!

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10/2

11/6

Hour of Code (4th grade & Up) - 

Not only is coding massively important to the fabric of our digital world, but it can also be pretty fun!  Sign up for this quick introduction to activities on Code.org and play fun games while learning the fundamentals of basic coding then try your hand on some of our programmable robots!

9/6

10/4

11/8

September

Electric Origami (4th grade & Up) - 2-part class - 9/11 - 9/13

Learn to fold origami and make your creation glow with an embedded LED.

TinkerCAD 3D Design & Printing (4th grade & Up) - 4-part class - 9/18 - 9/27

Learn to create 3D models and print them out on the Makerbot Replicator!  This class will teach you the basics of 3D design and how to use Tinkercad.com to create 3D objects that can be printed on any 3D printer.

October

Vinyl Cutter (4th grade & Up) - 2-part class - 10/9 - 10/11

Design and make a cool vinyl cling using our Silhouette Cameo vinyl cutter and stick it to flat surface.

Soldering (6th grade & Up) - 4-part class - 10/16 - 10/24

Learn how to solder electronics!  We'll teach you how to handle a soldering iron and soldering safety, how to assemble components on a circuit board and everything else you need to know to bring electronics to life!

Create-A-Ghost (4th grade & Up) - 10/30

Create a ghost in the library using everyday materials like packing tape, cling wrap and LEDs.

November

Tensegrity Structures (4th grade & Up) 2-part class - 11/13 - 11/15

reate an tensegrity structure in the shape of an icosahedron out of rubberbands and straws and then hook your creation up to a motor and power to see it move!  Add some markers and you've got a scribblebot!

Ozobot Obstacle Course Challenge (4th grade & Up) 2-part class - 11/27 - 11/29

Use coding techniques you've picked up from our Hour of Code sessions to program our cute Ozobot robots to run an obstacle course (no previous coding experience necessary)!

Computer Skills & Internet Safety

It is unfortunately the last class of the summer session! We only had one person come in for a majority of the time so we actually ended up finishing up an old project! After that, we waited for our other student to show up and we got going on some computer basics!

We learned about keyboard shortcuts, browsers, different operating systems, and internet safety!

Hour of Code

As we wrap up the summer session, we figured we'd have one more Hour of Code session!
We had everyone hop on Code.org and keep working on all the skills we've developed over the summer! (All while playing minecraft, too...)

On Thursday, we'll wrap up with some Computer Skills & Internet Safety!

Robot Club

A new Robot Club, a new VEX robotics kit, new students!  We're starting from scratch building a brand new VEX Clawbot.

Photoshop Poster Design

We are back in the PNG room today! Unfortunately, the files we started on Thursday can't be opened in Photoshop so we went back to the Photoshop files from the first class and got to work
! We wrapped up our designs and got them formatted to print out on our poster printer.

Now, we have some cool designs to show off! Check them out!

Photoshop Poster Design

Things were not ideal today. We had to make to with another photoediting software called Pixlr. Essentially, it's a web-based photoshop! It had familiar tools like the lasso and layer tool! 

Some of us started brand new posters, others continued with our original designs. All of us, however, were frustrated!

On Tuesday, we will be back to normal and wrap up! 

Photoshop Poster Design

Today was the first day of our Photoshop Poster Design class. We brainstormed hard about creating a cool poster and how to make it a reality. We also learned the very basics of Adobe Photoshop Elements!

TinkerCAD Day 4

Today was the last day of Tinkercad! The students finalized their ideas and exported their designs to be printed on the Makerbot Replicator 3D printers! Hopefully they will keep working in TinkerCAD and have more objects printed in the future!

TinkerCAD - Day 3

It is the final week of the class and our projects are starting to look good! We've been slowly adding details while keeping other details in mind such as how our designs will print, color, and a lot more!

TinkerCAD - Day 2

Today we continued working on our creations. Some of us started fresh, and others continued on the designs we started on Tuesday.

Next week, we will add the finishing touches and get them downloaded to send them to the 3D printer

TinkerCAD - Day 1

We started a new 3D printing session today and we went back to the basics. A bunch of new comers signed up so we had to go through the process of learning how to make our ideas come to life!

We gave everyone a quick breakdown of TinkerCAD. We learned how to scale objects, create holes, group objects, and so much more.

Next class, we'll get going on creating our own unique designs!

Hour of Code

Who doesn't love a good coding session? In this laid-back class, everyone went through self-guided lessons and taught themselves the ins and outs of basic block coding using websites like Code.org or Tynker.com.

 We all definitely have the hang of this coding thing down so next time, we can move on to something bigger and better!