Hello Parents & Students, Today we read an article that gives eight reasons as to why kids should learn how to code. It’s important for the girls to realize and understand that even if they don’t become a programmer or Computer Science expert in the future, coding can be applied Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today the XXCoders created two mid-sized Python projects! The first project consisted of a friendship calculator that allowed the user to input two names and depending on how many vowels the names had, it would increase the friendship score. The second project was a secret message Read more…
Hello Parents and Students, Today we continued our practice Python exercises! We went over what we learned last week with variables, data types, and if-else statements in Python rather than Scratch. For the remainder of the week if needed we will refer back to the exercises if anyone doesn’t understand Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today we’ve moved on from Scratch to a programming language called Python! Python is a super efficient and user-friendly programming language that is free and allows it’s users to create code for projects. Companies that use Python include but are not limited to: Spotify, Facebook, Netflix, Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today marks the end of our first week of our XXCoders Remote Summer Camp! We’ve recapped what we learned over the past week: if-then statements, if-then else statements, binary, an introduction to loops, why coding is important, and the importance of networking and diversity especially for Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today we had a lovely guest speaker join us, Stefana Muller from Long Island Women in Tech! Stefana gave the XXCoders a great presentation on the importance of Women and Diversity in Technology. Inclusion is a great way for companies and different industries to be more Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today we’ve continued our lesson on the importance of code and how it’s part of our online lives! We watched an interesting TED talk on the platform we’re learning this week, Scratch. Scratch is a user-friendly website or application that can be used to create online Read more…
Hello Parents & Students. Today on our second day of remote camp we continued our introductions around the Zoom classroom to familiarize ourselves with other girls part of XXCoders around Long Island! It’s amazing to see the diversity in students we’ve reached throughout Town of Huntington & Town of Babylon. Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, Today we distributed laptops to girls in need who are interested in joining our XXCoders Remote Summer Session! Thank you to Ms. Reynolds from the Family Life Center at Wyandanch for allowing our girls to utilize the laptops. At noon today we also gave out pizza Read more…
Hello Parents & Students, We have officially announced our XXCoders Remote Summer Camp this month! We will be learning how to code/practice coding at home through Zoom. Our XXCoders Remote Summer Camp will begin July 13 – July 31 at 1:30 – 3:30 from Monday to Friday. This 3-week session Read more…