Monthly Community Meetup

We will be joined by Kathryn Bradley, a teacher of engineering design, computer science, and robotics to 7th and 8th graders at Clyde A Erwin Middle School.

Kathryn will be demonstrating the app inventor development platform that she uses to teach basic concepts in computer science. Using drag and drop blocks and components, students can build an app quickly and easily and test it out on an android tablet immediately. Once the students understand the way the platform works, they build loops, functions, and conditions to complete several assigned apps. Kathryn teaches graphics and sound editing and at the end of the class, students turn in a final project app that they design and build from scratch.

After the presentation and Q&A we’ll discuss opportunities for projects that impact education and ways to engage local students in civic hacking.

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June 8th Community Night Schedule

• Introductions (15 Minutes)

• What brings you to Code for Asheville?

• What is your spirit animal? Why?

• Guest Speaker: Kathryn Bradley (20 Minutes)

• Kathryn will be presenting the tools she uses to teach her 7th and 8th grade students the fundamentals of computer science and robotics.

• We will have a Q&A at the end of her presentation.

• Group Discussion (20 Minutes): How can Code for Asheville get involved with young coders?

• Group Discussion (20 Minutes): Leadership evolution

• Group Updates/Opportunities to Contribute (20 Minutes):

• Jim BeLoved computer lab

• Kathryn Bradley regroup on HC website

• Facebook for HC website

• Code for Asheville website

• Action/Items and Adjourn (10 Minutes)