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Meeting #11

At this meeting, we discussed new project ideas that we could potentially pursue in the near future. Furthermore, we worked on our current Exodus project; we are nearly done with this project.  Also, make sure to follow our Instagram and Twitter @chscodeforchange. Can’t wait to see you guys at the next meeting as we will be discussing involvement in upcoming projects!

Meeting #10

In this meeting, we refreshed on the progress we have made on Project #1 so far. If you want more information on this project, visit the projects tab or contact the Code for Change Executive Team. We also further brainstormed a renovation of the website. If you missed this meeting and want to know how to get caught up, just message us in Discord and we’ll be happy to catch you up! Also, make sure to follow our Instagram and Twitter @chscodeforchange. Can’t wait to see you guys at the next meeting!

Meeting #9

In this meeting, we went over the work that has been completed on Project #1 so far and showed how the site looks currently. We also planned a front-end renovation of the website. If you missed this meeting and want to catch up, just message is in Discord and we’ll be happy to catch you up!

Meeting #8

This meeting was on Wednesday, January 17 in the Media Center Reference Lab until 4:00. In this meeting, we split up into two groups, experienced members and learners. The details for each group are as follows:

  • The experienced group worked on planning front-end design for the website. If you belong to this group and missed the meeting, please message us on Discord and we’ll be happy to get you up to speed.
  • The learners finalized their learning by take a look at Django templating. If you missed it please view our presentation to catch up on the concepts. Then you can put those concepts into practice by developing a quick demo website. We’ve set up the Django backend to make this work in this project. It may take a bit of setup on your computer to make this work, so message us on Discord.

Meeting #7

This meeting was on Tuesday, December 5 in the Media Center Reference Lab until 4:00. In this meeting, we split up into two groups, experienced members and learners. The details for each group are as follows:

  • The experienced group worked on planning front-end design for the website. If you belong to this group and missed the meeting, please message us on Discord and we’ll be happy to get you up to speed.
  • The learners made another demo website to learn Bootstrap. If you missed it please view our presentation to catch up on the concepts. Then you can put those concepts into practice by developing a small website of your choice, similar to our demo website. The first file is just a regular HTML site with no styling. The second is the same file but we simply added Bootstrap’s stylesheet. The last file uses cool Bootstrap specific elements to better represent the same information.

Hour of Code Volunteering – 12/8/17

Our club’s leadership team volunteered at the Hour of Code event organized by Carmel Girls Can Code Club and CHS computer science teacher Mr. David. In this event, we helped teach elementary school students basic coding concepts using Finch Robots and MIT’s Scratch programming language. We had a lot of fun helping out and appreciate Girls Can Code and the business department for putting on this amazing event.

 

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Meeting #6

This meeting was on Tuesday, November 27 in the Media Center Reference Lab until 4:00. In this meeting, we split up into two groups, experienced members and learners. The details for each group are as follows:

  • The experienced group was shown the ins and outs of our project, specifically the small complications caused by Django. If you belong to this group and missed the meeting, please message us on Discord and we’ll be happy to get you up to speed.
  • The learners worked on a short demo website to introduce HTML. If you missed it please view our presentation to catch up on the concepts. Then you can put those concepts into practice by developing a small website of your choice (the members at the meeting chose to do a site on dogs), similar to our demo website.

Meeting #5

This meeting was on Tuesday, November 14 in the Media Center Reference Lab until 4:00. We had our first quiz, recapped our meeting with Exodus Refugee Immigration Inc. and did an overview of web development. If you missed it please view our presentation to catch up.

 

 

Meeting #4

This meeting was on Tuesday, October 31 in the Media Center Reference Lab until 4:00. We learned the foundational skills to work on our first project, especially Java. If you missed it please view our presentation to catch up.

Also, to help us get everyone’s skills ready for the next project, we will be doing just a bit of guided review within meetings. Basically, we will have a very short, low-pressure quiz every meeting. Afterwards, we answer any questions that people have. This is not to evaluate members, but simply to ensure we hit learning targets efficiently. Next week’s quiz will be on data types, variables, basic operators. If you need to learn/review any of these topics we recommend creating a Codeacademy account and doing the first 12 topics on Learn Java > Introduction to Java. This should probably only take about 15 minutes.

Also, please join our Discord server which will help with group communications. If you have any questions please comment in our #learning channel and we’d be happy to help!