Prof. Pattis – creator of the Karel programming language – talks about the history of computers, programming languages, and how the Karel language was born. Students are listening. They are way more engaged than I expected! Entire morning is dedicated to computer programming with Karel the Robot. Prof. Pattis works with students all morning. He
Today, we had the privilege to work with 50 gifted kids from Nevada – mostly from the Reno area but some of them came from Minden (2 hours from Reno), Hawthorne (3 hours), and even Eureka (7 hours). The youngest participant is 6 years old, and the oldest one is 16. For starters we did
This year we have three sessions – Reno 1 (July 23-24 at UNR), Minden (July 28-29 at Minden Elementary School), and Reno 2 (July 30-31 at UNR). Please remember for which session you have signed up. All three sessions are full. When your child comes to a wrong session, unfortunately s/he may not have a
We listen to your needs and make improvements. Read more about the newest ones here: Every K-12 school is now eligible for 10 free student accounts with access to all self-paced courses, plus one teacher-admin account with access to account management and progress tracking. This is a donation, not a free trial. There is no
“Just to let you know, I had a wonderful group of kids this week and they advance very well through the program. All of them liked it and I even had a comment one of my former Scratch students that they enjoyed NClab much better! I awarded 7 purple belts!” — Karin Hester, Smithridge STEM
Sierra Forever Families is a private, nonprofit agency that focuses on finding and nurturing permanent families for children living in foster care. Founded in 1983, Sierra celebrates its 30th anniversary, and more importantly, the placement of more than 3,000 children into forever families. Sierra will be using NCLab computer programming and 3D modeling courses to
ISTE 2014 was an awesome, amazing, and overwhelming experience. We had a chance to present NCLab to educators, administrators and entrepreneurs on a scale that exceeded several other expo events combined. They immediately understand the huge benefits that NCLab’s self-paced online STEM courses are bringing to their schools. We introduced a new program of 10
Nathan Mayes is an electrical engineer who works at GE in Minden, NV. Building robots is his passion. Recently, Karel the Robot in NCLab captured his attention by its simplicity and elegance. Nathan says that building Karel should not be complicated at all and we can expect a first prototype before the end of summer.
We are pleased to announce that Prof. R.E. Pattis, author of the legendary visual programming language for beginners Karel the Robot, will visit the NCLab Summer Camp in Reno on July 24. Pattis formerly was a professor of computer science at Carnegie Mellon University and the University of Washington. He holds a master’s degree from
The fourth European Seminar on Computing (ESCO 2014) was closed. Thank you for attending and presenting your new research results. It was a great week of computational engineering and science. See you, perhaps, in two years in Pilsen again! Check the conference home page for follow-up information including conference photos and proceedings.