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Week 7 (August 10th-14th, 2015): Robotics & Artificial Intelligence
AcadeCoders Presents: Robotics & Artificial Intelligence This week’s AcadeCoders blog will feature all of the contents that the AcadeCoders provide in relation to the tasks given among the topics of robotics and artificial intelligence. Robotics and AI are prominent topics in society from various field of medicine, industry, software, and
Week 6 (August 4th-7th, 2015): App Building
Welcome to the AcadeCoders App Building Blog! This blog will display all of the AcadeCoders hard work in building apps and games via JavaScript throughout the entire week; complemented with an array of photos and descriptions. Various trending apps and games are designed by using JavaScript and the AcadeCoders get
Week 5 (July 27th- July 31st, 2015): MinecraftEDU Viking Theme
Day 1 (July 27th, 2015) The basis of this week’s theme is to introduce campers to Viking themes and challenges. The campers are being split into two teams where they will face various challenges and games to build the best possible Viking Empire before they raid each other! After the
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Week 4: HTML/CSS
This week, the AcadeCoders learn the wonderful coding language of HTML/CSS! HTML/CSS is the standard markup language used to create web pages. It is written in the form of HTML elements consisting of tags enclosed in angle brackets (like <html>). HTML tags most commonly come in pairs like <h1> and</h1>,
Week 3 (July 13th-17th, 2015): JavaScript
This week, the AcadeCoders learn the wonderful coding language of JavaScript! JavaScript is a dynamic programming language. It is most commonly used as part of web browsers, whose implementations allow client-side scripts to interact with the user control the browser, communicate asynchronously, and alter the document content that is displayed.
AcadeCap Teacher and Staff Blogs
Cereal Box Commercial
As the summative project for the Media Unit, the Grade 5-6 class created a cereal company, designed a cereal and its box, then shot a commercial. To successfully complete this project, the students needed to apply their media knowledge at each stage of the project. For instance, they applied their
Graffiti for Peace
Linking the topics of media and Remembrance Day the students learned the history, significance and power of graffiti. Moreover, how as a form of media – thus communication – graffiti has been and is used to convey all sorts of messages, opinions, emotions and stories since antiquity. Specific to the
Commercials and PSAs
Through a fun activity of watching and critically discussing commercials and Public Service Announcements (PSA), the students were to list keywords for the function of each. They also began identifying techniques, tools and elements used to convey the information and/or emotions for the message or product. Commercials: to persuade, for
What is Media?
During their unit on Media, students sought to find out and define “What is Media?”. Through their exploration, they learned about the different types of media and their variety of functions, techniques, tools, and impacts. The students were tasked in identifying the media they encounter consciously and unconsciously in their
Pop Art Emojis
Prior to starting their new unit on Media, the students were given an emoji to colour and make their own using “pop art”. They were prompted to reflect upon what is “Media”, and how this activity could be linked to the subject. They were informed of the meaning behind “emojis”
Geometry in Stained Glass Windows
As a fun math activity linking to our unit on Eras, students made some stained glass window designs. They learned about the tools of their geometry set, how to use them, and reinforced their understanding of angles and shapes. All the while, they gained knowledge via “experience” regarding stained glass