[Lacasis-l] Coding Workshop 2/24 at UCLA

[Shelly Ray]

Big news!  Tuesday, 2/24/15 at 5:30pm, LACASIS&T at UCLA ASIS&T will join
forces to present a very special event.
***
"Learn to Code with Sylvia Aguinaga of DIY Girls"
Tuesday, February 24th, 5:30pm
UCLA Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, 290 Charles E
Young Drive North, Los Angeles, CA 90095 (Map/Directions
<https://www.google.com/maps/dir//UCLA+Graduate+School+of+Education+and+Information+Studies,+290+Charles+E+Young+Drive+North,+Los+Angeles,+CA+90095,+United+States/@34.075047,-118.442142,17z/data=!4m12!1m3!3m2!1s0x80c2bc8a2e5f8029:0x6604e830b7af9879!2sUCLA+Graduate+School+of+Education+and+Information+Studies!4m7!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x80c2bc8a2e5f8029:0x6604e830b7af9879!2m2!1d-118.442142!2d34.075047>)
(Campus Map <http://maps.ucla.edu/campus/?z=14&cpnt=-118.44213,34.07510>)
(Building
info <http://is-intranet.gseis.ucla.edu/about/location/building.htm>) (Parking
info <http://is.gseis.ucla.edu/about-is/parking-information>) / Live
webcast (stay tuned for the link to join)
***

Code is a critical part of how we create and share information in the 21st
century -- and code-literacy is indispensable for information professionals.

In this hands-on workshop, you'll learn how to code in Scratch, a free
programming language and online community developed at the MIT Media Lab
where you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations (
http://scratch.mit.edu/).

Sylvia Aguinaga will present on the significance of code-literacy today,
give perspective from her experience teaching coding to kids, and then lead
a hands-on demo of Scratch.
She won't stop there! You'll find out more about Three.js, a 3D Javascript
library used to create and display animated 3D computer graphics on a Web
browser.

Feel free to travel light and leave your laptop at home.  The workshop is
in the IS Mac Lab (GSE&IS building, room 118
<http://is-intranet.gseis.ucla.edu/about/location/building.htm>), and the
UCLA ASIS&T Student Chapter secured guest logins for non-students to use
the computers there during the workshop, ensuring all can participate in
the demo and hands-on tutorial.

One final note:  Coding may make you hungry and/or thirsty.  If you find
yourself in one or both of these states, join us in the IS Commons (next
door to the Mac Lab) for pizza and beverages post-workshop.  Mixer!

This event is free and open to all.
Reservations HERE <http://goo.gl/forms/xh4PcxHF5Q> are appreciated for
planning purposes, but not required to attend.
RSVP on Facebook <https://www.facebook.com/events/1549215602014984/> and
invite your friends.

---
Sylvia Aguinaga is the Director of Curriculum for DIY Girls (
www.diygirls.org), a non-profit that provides hands-on tech experiences for
girls in the San Fernando Valley of Los Angeles. There, she develops
project content and guides the making process at workshops. Sylvia is
currently working on her Masters degree in Library and Information Science
from San Jose State University. As a Special Projects Intern at Los Angeles
Central Public Library, she has helped create a coding curriculum that will
be implemented at 9 schools and library branches in the LA area. Sylvia has
a special interest in how computer code can help kids develop 21st century
skills. She believes code is a way of being in the world -- a way to create
instead of consume. In her free time, she loves to draw creatures and
collage videos using the programming language Processing.
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://mail.asis.org/pipermail/lacasis-l/attachments/20150218/aff774e7/attachment-0001.html>