Where Love and Learning Meet
I want to start this article by stating that I am in no way compensated or sponsored by Ryze, DJI, or any other company for this article. Recently Ryze released a drone (quadcopter) that uses technology from DJI and Intel to make a very stable user … [Read more...]
The younger set of boys are itching to learn Scratch. In an effort to be responsible and oversee their time online I (Amber) decided to join them and make it a family affair. I created a Big Green Chair Scratch user profile and gave the boys an … [Read more...]
Often people start learning to program by learning a programming language. With this approach, though the important thinking in creating a program can get lost in the syntax of the computer language you are trying to learn. I realized this for myslef when … [Read more...]
"…we know that the human hand is a wonderful and exquisite instrument to be used in a hundred movements exacting delicacy, direction and force; every such movement is a cause of joy as it leads to the pleasure of execution and the triumph of success. We … [Read more...]
Good morning! Thanks for visiting our blog. We have an exciting week planned for you and we are so looking forward to our conversations. Before we get off the runway did you notice that the Professor has a construction cone on his head?! That's … [Read more...]
We have invited the Professor to the blog to help us out with all the extra work this week since Bitty is hard at work over on the website. He has just sent us this week's syllabus and the daily schedule of topics are listed below. Of course you can jump … [Read more...]
You might be a homeschool geek if you: …know that Python lives in the computer not a tank; ...that you should never put your Raspberry Pi in the oven; ...buy filament for your printer instead of ink. This week I am guest posting over at … [Read more...]
For our last installment of Artillery, we will be adding a second player, formatting the angle and velocity inputs and keeping score of our hits. To start, lets reformat the input area of our webpage so that the text boxes line up. To do this we will … [Read more...]
If you haven't figured it out yet from previous posts, I am a programmer by trade. As such I have a keen interest in others learning to code at one level or another. Lightbot teaches some of the fundamental thought processes that programmers use on a … [Read more...]
For this installment of Artillery, we will add a cannon and a target and randomize the locations in which they are rendered. We will also randomize the mountain and give it a slightly smoother look. Let’s start by adding the cannon and target images … [Read more...]