Once again, the UOC is to celebrate Scratch Day with a series of fun coding workshops for children and their families around Spain. The Faculty of Computer Science, Multimedia and Telecommunications is organizing these events as part of those promoted around the world by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to develop new technologies and computational thinking among children.
Venue
Seville, Vila real, Lleida and Terrassa
Espanya
When
14/05/2016
Organized by
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya
Program
The Scratch activities are to take place on 14 May at the UOC's centres in Seville, Vila‑real, Lleida and Terrassa. Likewise, throughout the week, there will be social activities for children in different locations in Latin America, including Colombia, Mexico and Peru.
Scratch is a very simple programming language that is useful when it comes to getting children started. The activities are designed for boys and girls between eight and twelve years of age. The children need to be accompanied by an adult, with a maximum of two children per adult. Each adult needs to bring with them a laptop computer to be able to take part.
Registration is open to everyone and free of charge from this website. Places are limited and will be awarded on a first-come-first-served basis.
WORKSHOP PROGRAMME
10:00–10:15 am: Brief introduction to the computer science profession
10:15–10:30 am: Brief introduction to Scratch
10:30–11:30 am: Use of Scratch Cards
11:30–midday: Coffee break
12–12:45 pm: Maze game
12:45–1 pm: Demonstration of sensors using Scratch and time to share projects
1:30 pm: Close