Students have the choice between learning physical programming, using sensors, motors and lights, or digital programming, creating games, apps, interactive art. Students who chose physical programming use Arduino, a micro controller to create small robots and devices. They learn the basics of how electricity works, how to connect wires to the breadboard and send signals from the Arduino to make things happen such as LEDs lighting or sounds. Students who chose to do digital programming use a software called Processing. Processing is a programming language built off of Java, so students learn real programming concepts such as variables, loops, and collision. Processing is the same software used in our high school programming class, Creative Coding. This means that students who took this intersession and have interest in continuing programming will be ahead when they get into the class.
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