Today I had the pleasure to visit an awesome art exhibit of Ms. Tia Flores, a renowned Reno artist who specializes in burning native Indian motives on surfaces of gourds (check her site Calabazaart ) I realized that many of the native Indian symbols are beautifully simple geometric patterns: So, when I came home I
Solve mazes with Karel the Robot, draw patterns with Turtle Tina, learn Python, create games, and build your own 3D models. Have fun and make new friends with equally-minded peers. New this Fall will be physical activities including games, geocaching and more! Click on the image below to proceed to the Camps page to learn
We are excited to introduce an original NCLab Karel Coding T-Shirt. What’s interesting about it? It is not for sale. You have to complete the first two sections of the Karel programming course in NCLab to deserve it. If you see somebody else wearing it, you know you just met an outstanding programmer!
NCLab courses improve students’ critical thinking, problem solving skills, and perseverance in an undeniable and measurable way. Have your students take a Pre-Test at the beginning, and then a Post-Test after finishing an NCLab course. The Karel course is recommended for all age groups as it puts the strongest emphasis on computational thinking and abstract
The 5th European Seminar on Computing will take place in the historical premises of the Pilsner Urquell Brewery in Pilsen, Czech Republic, on June 5 – 10, 2016. ESCO is a successful series of interdisciplineary international conferences. It promotes modern technologies and practices in scientific computing and visualization, and strengthens the interaction between researchers and
Dear NCLab Users: We hope that you had a great Summer! Our team used the quiet summer time to work hard on NCLab, adding new features and improving existing functionality. Here are a few examples: 1. NCLab has a brand new home page that better describes what we do – More Than Coding! 2. Under
Devon Mirsalis from Emerald Hill, CA (12) wrote a computer program for Karel to follow an arbitrary trail of marks through a maze, using just 11 lines of code. The official solution provided by NCLab was 26 lines long. Great job Devon! Both the maze and the program are shown below.
The NCLab computer programming and 3D modeling summer camp in Winnemucca, NV was a huge success. The superintendent of the Humboldt county SD Dr. Dave Jensen stopped by to see how the students were doing. He liked it very much, and promised to provide funding so that more students will be able to participate in
As an experiential learning opportunity, the 1 Million Cups format is consistent in each location: Every Wednesday morning, one or two early-stage startups present their companies to a diverse audience of their peers, mentors, educators, and advisors. Prior to presenting, the founder prepares by incorporating lessons from the Kauffman Founders School “Powerful Presentations” series, featuring
The third session of the NCLab computer programming and 3D modeling summer camp was fantastic! It took place at UNR again and it was attended by 20 students. The camp was lead by our instructors Apryl and Maxwell. We had first-timers who started with Scratch and the Hour of Code, as well as returning students