We are excited to report that we have successfully finished a first version of Turtle 3D. This is the next step after Turtle Tina, where the Turtle can freely swim in the 3D space using airplane-like controls of yaw, pitch and roll, and create awesome wire frame models. Two samples are shown below. Click on
Thanks to the efforts of Carson City librarians Sena Loyd and Audrey White, the first NCLab Library Camp will take place on 3/29/16 (grades 6-8) and on 3/31/16 (grades 4 and 5). Second session:
The Eagle Valley Middle School is one of only two Carson City schools that were selected to be part of the Nevada Ready 21 program. As a result, each one of its 750 students will receive a Chromebook with NCLab on it. That’s awesome! This school has been using NCLab courses to teach computer programming
NCLab will have a table at the EVMS STEAM night at 5:30 – 7:30 pm on Tuesday March 15. Stop by to talk with us about the Nevada Ready 21 project, how to bring NCLab to your students, or just to say hello!
This infographic created by our own Shayna Liberman summarizes nicely what NCLab has to offer. Click on the image to open the PDF file. Be patient, the file is quite large.
On February 27 and 28 we had the pleasure to work with a distinguished group of South Nevada librarians at the Windmill Library in Las Vegas. We introduced them to Karel Coding, Turtle Coding, and 3D Modeling. The goal of the libraries is to offer NCLab courses to kids and adults. This is really exciting.
Today we received a cool model of the star ship Enterprise by Gabriel Bermeo of the Hug High School in Reno. Click on the image to view in 3D! And here is the original:
During the last two weeks we trained the first group of Nevada CTE teachers in coding and 3D modeling. We did Karel Coding, Turtle Coding, and 3D Modeling. Not surprisingly they all were doing extremely well. We were a bit afraid that being experienced users of commercial CAD software such as AutoCAD or Solidworks, they
Kristy Reck who works with the GT program at three DCSD schools, says: “NCLab offers online classes in computer coding, and 3D modeling. NCLab is one of the best formats for this type of learning that I have found. The problem solving and perseverance required for these self-paced online courses are really impressive! I strongly suggest NCLab’s courses if you are
During this Spring Break, NCLab will offer two coding and 3D modeling camps at the Sparks High School (SHS): March 24-25, 2016 (SHS students only) March 31 – April 1, 2016 (open to public) For ages 10-99. We may consider offering camps at other schools based on interest. As Always – This Will Be Fun!