Video Editing – Upper Elementary and Middle School
The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United StatesStudents 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.
Raspberry Pi – Upper Elementary and Middle School
The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United StatesEach 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.
Lego Robotics Basics – Late Elementary and Middle School
The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United StatesStudents 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.
Lego Robotics – Early Elementary
The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United StatesStudents 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.
Scratch Block Coding Advanced – Upper Elementary and Middle School
The SDM Shop 406 Main Street, Melrose, MA, United StatesScratch, like other block based coding languages, is a good place for kids to start. They learn the structure of coding without needing to worry about a lot of syntax. The pieces of code are each in block format, and the program is a connecting of the blocks to make the animation on the screen do things.