Derivco's Greater Good Support

Very excited for CodeMakers becoming a @Derivco Greater Good project! Derivco is a premier software development company started in Durban and now with offices around the world. The employee supported Greater Good programme selects a few NPOs and supports them in a variety of ways. We've really enjoyed the passion and commitment of the Derivco staff we've had the pleasure of meeting and look forward to developing the relationship with a company that loves art and tech the way they do. . #derivco #derivcogreatergood #npo #volunteer #durbannpo #durban #southafrica

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Learners at Mayville Secondary

First day with a new school and group of learners. At the end of the session when you say - Okay you guys can go -and no one moves a muscle, you get the impression they dig it. . #scratchcoding #scratchprogramming #scratchday #csforall #cs4all #raspberrypi3 #raspberrypi #catomanor #mayville #durban #southafrica

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CodeMakers in an A5

Shoutout to the multitalented @jess_nicholson_white - journalist, artist, designer - who made this beautiful infosheet for us to help get the word out on the talents of the learners we work with. See some of the images come alive in the various animations they have created in our feed. . #learnerart #studentart #studentanimation #southafricanillustrator

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Fun with powertools - making the Rasperry Pis

When you drill straight through and all your friends before struggled mightily! Building our anti-nicking platforms for the school Raspberry Pis . Would love to know of a well designed cheap RPI case that has well thought-out security. . #likeaboss #funwithpowertools #raspberrypi #rpi3 #rpicase #raspberrypicase

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Back at it with help from crowdfunders!

Back to Scratch coding and smiling at school. The investigation of the robbery is finished and our first Raspberry Pi is up and running thanks to our BackABuddy and GoFundMe supporters. Thank you! More RPIs to come. Link to help us fully kit the computer room in our profile . . #rapsberrypi3 #raspberrypi #scratchprogramming #scratchcoding #codingeducation #cs4all #csforall #backabuddy #gofundme

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A new school in Cato Manor

Sharing our coding education programme, and beating the drum that kids are creators, bright and early at assembly to a new and enthusiastic school. We will be starting in the next week with some of the 350 grade 8 learners. By grade 12 there are 95! It's way more complicated than this but hopefully our programme can help change that number. . . #csforall #cs4all #scratchprogramming #scratchcoding #codingeducation #steameducation #stemeducation #durban #southafrica

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Making a plan after the computers were stolen

Temporary quarters thanks to a local NGO while the robbery investigation continues. We had to cut the locks and scare off a mess of geckos that had taken up residence but the computers are safely secured when not in use. As a bonus other students who use the NGO's services stopped by to learn as well. . . #codingeducation #csforall #cs4all #computerscienceeducation #scratchprogramming #scratchcoding

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BackABuddy and GoFundMe to Help Learners Get Back to Coding

Coding at Home with a Raspberry Pi

So great this worked out! Thandile's new Raspberry Pi hooked up to her TV in her home and ready to Scratch. We gifted her and Thandeka each an RPI for making our isiZulu Scratch video tutorial. The RPIs are stuffed with apps, books and more. We're hoping the RPI love will spread far and wide. . See our YouTube channel for the tutorial in Zulu they made. . Next thing - need to help her fix her screen res.😊 . . #cs4all #csforall #csedweek #girlswhocode #scratchprogramming #raspberrypi #raspberrypi3 #rpi #rpi3 #scratchcoding #codingeducation

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Scratch Coding Tutorial in isiZulu

See how to use the isiZulu version of Scratch narrated in Zulu on our YouTube channel

Sharing Learner HIV Prevention Projects at World AIDS Day

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Projects! and Prizes!