Time flies—we’re already halfway through November! This week, we introduced the girls to making personal websites using WordPress, a very commonly used system used to make websites. They explored the dashboard controls and how to create a new blog post and change the main image for the website. Because next Read more…
We hope you had a spooktacular October! This week has been very eventful as the XX Coders fall session has begun at the Wyandanch Family Life Center. At our first XX Coders meeting, the girls dressed up in fabulous costumes and had a lot of fun coding and eating candy. Read more…
Happy September! I sincerely hope you have all enjoyed your summer! I am so excited to start teaching coding again! As the new school year approaches, we have received many inquiries about the fall session of XX Coders. I’m pleased to announce that the program will start again in October. Read more…
Hello everyone! Today was the last day of the summer session of the XX Coders camp. We had two speakers today to help us celebrate our code party! One speaker from Girls, Inc. came into walk us through a programming exercise. We also had another guest speaker come in to Read more…
Hello everyone! Today, we visited the Google headquarters in NYC! It was a really exciting and informative experience! We toured the building, got to the see work spaces and common areas like the game room, ate delicious food from the cafeteria and participated in a panel where Google employees answered Read more…
Hello everyone! Today, we dived right into coding, continuing from where we left off from yesterday. Students worked on their Scratch/Python/Java programs in CodeCombat or TechRocket. We continued individual breakaway sessions where students spent one-on-one time with Mrs. Kavner and Aditi to speak about their goals, interests and what they Read more…
Hello everyone! Today was a very exciting day at camp! Students started the day by learning a new programming language called Java through an online platform called TechRocket. We had a guest speaker from Girls, Inc. Girls, Inc. is a nonprofit organization that encourages all girls to be strong, smart Read more…
Hello everyone! Today students worked on deepening their programming skills by continuing from where they left off last week. They continued working on building fun games in Scratch or Python/Javascript through Code Combat. We played games as a group to get to know each other better. We also continued individual Read more…
Hello everyone! Today was an action-packed day! News 12 came to cover the camp and interviewed Mrs. Kavner, me and some of the students for a feature airing tonight at 7:37 pm. Please tune in if you can! We also had two guests speakers from the networking group, Long Island Women in Tech, Read more…
Hello everyone! We had another productive day at XX Coders! After lunch, students continued coding in Python using the interactive online gaming platform called Code Combat. They are currently working on developing their own original games in Python and JavaScript! We continued individual breakout sessions with Aditi and Mrs. Kavner, Read more…