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Appointments Available Monday through Saturday at 9, 10, 11, 1, 2 and 3

The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United States

SDM offers individual 50 minute appointments Monday through Saturday at 9:00 am, 10:00 am, 11:00 am, 1:00 pm, 2:00 pm and 3:00 pm. Call or email if you would like to make an appointment. We will teach any topic, any time; appointments can be in our shop, or remotely via phone or Zoom. For more […]

Arduino Programming – Middle School

The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United States

Each student will work with a Raspberry Pi computer and learn how to connect it, get it running, and begin programming basic projects. No prior experience is required, but this lesson series requires a middle school level of reading, typing and math including simple multiplication and division. In the past, the Raspberry Pi was programmed to create sounds based on color input.

Free

Video Editing – Upper Elementary and Middle School

The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United States

Students will learn how to use software such as Adobe's Premier Rush to create a video. Whether they want to cut a piece out of a longer video, create their own slideshow, add titles, or produce a professional video, they will leave this lesson understanding the basics of video editing. Attendees should be adept users of a computer. Upper elementary or middle school students with an interest in video editing would be appropriate. Students who have their own video content can work on that. Other students will work on generic video clips.

Free

Lego Robotics – Early Elementary

The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United States

Students will work individually or in pairs with a Lego Spike Prime kit. Time will be split between learning how to build a robotic device, and programming basic robotic functions. Lego programming is done in Scratch-like block coding.

Free

Digital Art – Elementary and Middle School

The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United States

In this lesson students will learn to draw a complex picture on an iPad using different drawing and coloring techniques. We use the Procreate program on iPads, with Apple pencils. Procreate includes the ability to add animation to pictures and this will be introduced.  Students’ completed pictures can be emailed to them at the conclusion of the lesson. There is no minimum age recommendation, as no reading or math are required. Competence in using a computer is required.

Free
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