Activities for kids in autumn vacation Aimed at programming ...

Activities for kids in autumn vacation

Aimed at programming and robotics

Available in English & Dutch

From Monday 16 October 2017 until Friday 20 October 2017

Day activities for kids aged 5 to 12

On the website Mediawijsheid.nl is the necessity of learning to program described:

“In a society in which computers have an important function, students should be learning a programming language, next to math, language and geography. In the future being able to program will be just as important as speaking English well. The skills that are necessary to gain insight about the ‘backoffice’ of the devices we use on a daily basis. Programming teaches children to create instead of consume.

Skills that children learn with programming: Creative and logic thinking – Spatial awareness – Solving problems – Structuring – Cooperate

Learning to program is not necessarily aimed at training children to be programmers. They learn a set of skills that they could benefit from in any profession.“

Take a look at this video on YouTube as well “What most schools don’t teach”

http://www.mediawijsheid.nl/programmeren/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=57&v=nKIu9yen5nc

https://www.mediawijsheid.nl/

From 7 Until 22 October is the European Coding week.

Knowledge of coding is important, useful, and fun.

Having knowledge of coding is important, but it is very useful and fun. In a world that is

quickly digitalising it is good to know how the technology in your environment works and

how you can work with it. If you are able to program, you can contribute to a better

environment. Of course, not everyone has to become a programmer. The beauty is that

knowledge of coding is getting more important in a growing number of professions, whether

you want to be a journalist, a nurse, or a mechanic. By learning how to program children will

develop skills which will be useful in every profession and they will benefit from these skills.

Being digitally able is becoming a more important feature of a society that is rapidly

becoming more digital.

In the autumn vacation of 2017 (16 October to 20 October) ictLESKISTEN carries out an

activity related to programming on a daily basis.

ictLESKISTEN (www.ictLESKISTEN.nl) provides the education, workshops and guest lectures,

and provides advice to schools on programming, robotics and MakerEducation. Next to that,

ictLESKISTEN has an extensive webshop (www.ictLESKISTEN.shop).

The owner of ictLESKISTEN, Leendert-Jan van Splunter, is a teacher in primary education and

has worked over 25 years in primary education, as a teacher and as an IT-coordinator.

During the activities in the autumn vacation ictLESKISTEN will cooperate closely with

100uurEngels (www.100uurEngels.nl). At 100uurEngels they believe in a playful and active

approach to learn language. Owner Merel Alberto has a broad experience in teaching English

to children and adults in the educational system, childcare and in a private setting.

There will be a cooperation with met Dico Durieux to accommodate one of the workshops.

Dico is co-owner of van Tools For Talents (www.toolsfortalents.com).

Furthermore, Sofie van Brunschot will accomadate several activities. Sofie is certified media-

coach. Her company is named Mediatude (www.mediatude.nl). Sofie could be called a

Scratch-specialist!

Some of the activities will be in English, others will be in Dutch. We do not focus on the

native English speaking children, but also on those who know only a few English words – or

none at all. At every activity, there will be two coaches. During the English activities, Dutch

will be used as a safety-net.

ictLESKISTEN is situated at the Rooseveltstraat 45G in Leiden. Our workshoproom is on the

first floor. There is no elevator available.

We provide all the required materials (robots, iPads, laptops, assignments, etc.) The lunch

will also be provided by us.

http://www.ictleskisten.nl/

http://www.ictleskisten.shop/

http://www.100uurengels.nl/

http://www.toolsfortalents.com/

http://www.mediatude.nl/

You can drop off your child from 9.15. Unfortunately we have a very limited amount of

parking spaces. You can pick up your child from 16.30 until 16.45.

The workshop will be taught by Merel and Sofie.

In the morning we will work with the Blue-Bot, a robot which can be programmed on the

robots itself or on an iPad.

After the lunch, we will work with ScratchJr. ScratchJr is a programming language for

beginners that encourages creativity and expression. It also enables children to come up

with their own interactive projects. With ScratchJr children can cling programmingblocks to

each other. This will make characters move, jump, dance, and sing. The children can adjust

the looks of their characters, can design their own background, use their own voice, sounds

and photographs. The next step is to bring their characters to life with the

programmingblocks. ScratchJr works on an iPad or an Android tablet.

Minimum/maximum number of participants: 6/12

Costs: € 100,== (Presubscription before 2-10-2017: € 90,==)

Subscribe: https://goo.gl/forms/P4uKBqzVVm5bmFU82

Monday 16 October 2017, 9.30–16.30

Blue-Bot & ScratchJr

Age: 7-8

Main language: English (Dutch as safety-net)


parking spaces. You can pick up your child from 12.30 until 12.45. There will not be a lunch

provided.

The workshop will be given by Merel and Leendert-Jan.

We will working with Cubetto. Cubetto is a friendly, wooden robot that will introduce

children with programming. There is no screen necessary. With Cubetto children will learn

the basics of programming without a screen, but with the help of blocks.

We will also work with the Blue-Bot, a robot which can be programmed on the robots itself

or on an iPad.




Tuesday 17 October 2017, 9.30-12.30

Cubetto & Blue-Bot

Age: 5-7




The workshop will be provided by Sofie and Michel.

In the morning we will start working with Scratch. With this free website children will learn

the basics of programming by designing a game. They give the computer assignments to

make figures move, make noise, or respond to something. The scope is broad: Scratch can

be used to make animations, games, stories, music, simulations, etc.

After the lunch, we will work with InO-Bot. The InO-Bot (Input-Output-Bot) is specially

designed to be used with Scratch. Children can design and create challenging activities, while

they develop their programming- and debugging skills. InO-Bot has a wide range of inputs

and outputs to program. This challenges children to design beautiful and clever programs.

When these programs are designed, they can be executed by the InO-Bot.




Wednesday 18 October 2017, 9.30-16.30

Scratch & InO-Bot

Age: 8-11

Main language: Dutch



The workshop will be taught by Merel and Leendert-Jan.

In the morning we will start working with Scratch. With this free website children will learn

the basics of programming by designing a game. They give the computer assignments to

make figures move, make noise, or respond to something. The scope is broad: Scratch can

be used to make animations, games, stories, music, simulations, etc.

After the lunch, we will work with InO-Bot. The InO-Bot (Input-Output-Bot) is specially

designed to be used with Scratch. Children can design and create challenging activities, while

they develop their programming- and debugging skills. InO-Bot has a wide range of inputs

and outputs to program. This challenges children to design beautiful and clever programs.

When these programs are designed, they can be executed by the InO-Bot.




Thursday 19 October 2017, 9.30–16.30

Scratch & InO-Bot

Age: 8-11




The workshop will be taught by Dico and Leendert-Jan.

We will work with the Tankbot the entire day.

We will build the Tankbot, we will get started with the app to program the Tankbot, and we

will program the Tankbot.

With the Jimu Robot TankBot Kit from UBTECH, the children will build their own robot, which

can then be programmed. They will follow the 3D-instructions in the Jimu Robot-app on

iPad, iPhone or Android device, and before they realise it, the six servo-engines of their

Tankbot will make lifelike motions. The kit contains an extensive collection of components

that can be clicked together. This gives the children the freedom to design their own

creation or to follow the included design.

We will provide a lunch.




Friday 20 October 2017, 9.30–16.30

Jimu Robot: Tankbot

Age: 10-12


Because we want to keep the price of the workshops as low as possible, we decided not to

include the materials as a give-away. Another reason for this approach is the possibility that

your child might not like it as much as you, or we, anticipated.

The day after the workshop you will receive an offer to buy the materials we used, with a

discount of course. The offer is valid for a month. Our offer is non-binding of course; please

do not feel obligated. Our aim of these workshops is to introduce children to programming

and to learn a little English. Our aim is not to sell our products.

U can bring your child fifteen minutes before the start of the workshop. You can pick up your

child up to fifteen minutes after the workshops has ended.

Our building is situated behind the Italvin. Drive into the alley between the Italvin and the

Rozier.

There are only a few parking spots at our building. Keep in mind that parking at the

Rooseveltstraat is payed. Free parking is available in the parking garage underneath the Vijf

Meiplein. The entrance of the garage is located at the Vijf Meilaan, next to the

Montgommerylaan. Parking is free for two hours!

The workshops are taught on the first floor. The stairwell in our building is steep. You can be

assured that we will make appointments with the children about using the stairwell. Net to

that, we will supervise when we use the stairs.

We prefer to exchange emergency numbers when you drop off your children. We will give

you a card with our mobile-number of that day. We would prefer that you provide us with at

least two emergency numbers.

We will provide a small bite and a drink in the morning and afternoon. Next to that we will

provide a lunch of sandwiches. If there are important issues, such as allergies, we need to

know, please do not hesitate to tell us.

Buying materials?

Drop off and pick up?

Emergency numbers

Lunch

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