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CoderDojo Holiday Party on Saturday, December 15th

Hello everybody!

We're planning to kickoff the holidays with fun and snacks and games this December! Kids of all experience levels are welcome to come by! If you have a game that you've made, definitely bring it over to show the rest of us!

This dojo is going to be hosted at Thoughtworks.

Sign up/RSVP at Eventbrite:

Parents, youth, and mentors will all sign up from the same eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/9202792801

Directions:

You can take:

B,D,F,V,N,R,Q trains to "34th Street Herald Square" stop

6 train to "28th Street" stop

Thoughtworks is located on 99 Madison Avenue, between E 29th St and E 30th St (Google Maps). If you get lost, you can call us at [phone].

For more information about us, take a look at http://coderdojonyc.com, send us an email at [email protected], or tweet to @CoderDojoNYC

If you are not currently signed up for the announcement list, what are you waiting for? If you are a child or a parent of a child, join us at Kids and Parents. If you are a mentor, then join us at the Mentors list. If you want to get more involved as a Mentor, join us at our discussion mailing list.

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Drop-in session this Saturday, November 16th

Drop-in CoderDojo session for working or hacking on your own projects.

We welcome programmers at all levels for both mentors and youth. Have an idea but having trouble executing it? Sounds like the perfect opportunity to come to one of our Drop-in sessions!

We are also going to experiment with a platform called DrRacket: http://racket-lang.org/, whch is based on a seasoned programming languge called Scheme. We will also take a look at a language called Elm: http://elm-lang.org. Let us know your programming projects for this Drop-In Dojo through Twitter! Tweet @CoderDojoNYC with hashtag #Thoughtworks.

This dojo is going to be hosted at Thoughtworks.

Sign up at Eventbrite:

Parents, youth, and mentors will all sign up from the same eventbrite page: https://www.eventbrite.com/event/9131447405

Directions:

You can take:

B,D,F,V,N,R,Q trains to "34th Street Herald Square" stop

6 train to "28th Street" stop

Thoughtworks is located on 99 Madison Avenue, between E 29th St and E 30th St (Google Maps). If you get lost, you can call us at [phone].

For more information about us, take a look at http://coderdojonyc.com, send us an email at [email protected], or tweet to @CoderDojoNYC

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Overtone session this Sunday, October 20th.

Hey guys, we are hosting another dojo with music and Overtone. Those of you who attended the last session can and should still attend this session. We have reworked the Overtone lesson plans for this session to leverage more programming and musical ability.

This dojo is going to be hosted at Thoughtworks.

Sign up at Eventbrite:

Kids and Parents

Mentors

Mentor Meeting Eventbrite:

We are having a mentor meeting this Thursday, October 16th. For mentors that are interested, you can RSVP here. This mentor meeting is to go over finishing touches over the Overtone curriculum. We will also talk about any upcoming changes or events that CoderDojo NYC may participate in. This is for mentors only. Parents and kids should only attend the October 20th session at Thoughtworks.

For those without a laptop:

CoderDojo can accomodate kids and parents who cannot bring a laptop but would still like to attend the event. CoderDojo has a few laptops to help out kids who do not have their own. Many of the mentors will also bring in their own laptops to share with kids.

Directions:

You can take:

B,D,F,V,N,R,Q trains to "34th Street Herald Square" stop

6 train to "28th Street" stop

Thoughtworks is located on 99 Madison Avenue, between E 29th St and E 30th St (Google Maps). If you get lost, you can call us at [phone].

FAQ Facebook Parents and Kids Mailing List Signup Mentors Mailing List Signup Curriculum Design

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Overtone session this Saturday, September 28th.

We're hosting our next dojo at the Beam Center! Thanks to Brian Cohen and his team for hosting us for this session! 

Sign up at Eventbrite:

Kids and Parents

Mentors

Those of you who want to start ahead can take a look at setting up Overtone on your own machines. If you cannot set it up, never worry! We will spend a couple of minutes getting Overtone up and running on your machines in the beginning of our workshop.

For those without a laptop:

The Beam Center and CoderDojo can accomodate kids and parents who cannot bring a laptop but would still like to attend the event. The Beam Center and CoderDojo combined have 10 laptops to help out kids who could not bring their own, and many of the mentors will bring in their own laptops to share with kids.

Directions:

You can take:

F or G train to the "Bergen Street" stop

2,3,4,5 to the "Borough Hall" stop

For those driving, there is parking available nearby, along Bergen Street, Boerum Place, and Smith Street.

The Beam Center is located on Bergen Street, between Smith Street and Boerum Place (Google Maps). If you get lost, call [Ricky]([phone]), [Ehtesh]([phone]).

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