Growing Demand The demand for Computer Programming and 3D Printing (CAD Modeling) instruction using NCLab is growing. While the NCLab Summer Camp 2013 had 50 students and was full, the NCLab Summer Camp 2014 had 150 students and there was still much more demand. Many parents have asked about instruction that we offer during the
New version of NCLab’s self-paced 3D Printing Course with many improvements and new design projects is coming in October 2014. Besides lots of 3D geometry and CAD modeling it will be lots of fun – see few sample screenshots below. Remember that every K-12 school is eligible for 10 free student accounts with access to
NCLab is proud to announce a partnership with a Reno-based non-profit organization 360 Blueprint. The mission of 360 Blueprint is to build a collaborative of community churches, public schools, law enforcement agencies, University, and community college students, high school students, community volunteers, and families to transform the lives of the youth in the Washoe County
Aerotek is a firm that provides engineering, design and specialty personnel services to companies such as NV Energy. NCLab attracted the attention of Aerotek because it gets kids excited about engineering at an early age, and because it gives them real math and engineering skills in a very accessible form through self-paced online courses, summer
An article about this year’s NCLab Summer Camps was recently published in Nevada Today (click here to view the original article).
Coder Dojo in NYC (CDNYC) is a non-profit organization that offers free computer programming courses to 7 – 17 old students. Vaibhav Verma of CDNYC says: “The simplicity of the Karel environment helps students learn problem solving without distractions. It also eases its way into “real” programming languages a lot more easily than other approaches.”
The last two days of NCLab Summer Camps 2014 in Reno were mind-blowing. It is unbelievable how much the kids learned and were able to accomplish with NCLab in just two short days. See for yourself. Beating the Spiders Tracy beats the Spiders. Here, Karel needs to collect spiders in the jungle to buy himself
Hosting the NCLab Summer Camp at an elementary school has a variety of advantages – students feel good in a familiar environment, and there is a playground where they can let the steam out during lunch break. They worked really hard on the second day. Many arrived way before the official 9:00 start time, and
The first NCLab Summer Camp in Minden, NV takes place at the Minden Elementary School. It has 40 students. Although Minden is much smaller than Reno, the demand for the NCLab summer camp was equal or greater. We just opened one session this year though. For many of the kids this was not the first
This DNA model was created during the NCLab Summer Camp in Reno, using the free PLaSM app in NCLab. It demonstrates that computational thinking and basic knowledge of computer programming can be extremely useful when modeling 3D objects with repeating patterns.