Canberra High School is the first school in Australia to teach introductory computer programming courses with NCLab. We are very excited about this new collaboration, and we are looking forward to organizing the first NCLab Summer Camp there in the future. Or should we rather do a Winter Camp? Hmm…
We had the opportunity to bring Dr. Solin and NCLab into our district for a teacher workshop. The teachers involved raved about the exciting opportunity this could be for our kids. Some teachers who had to be in another workshop expressed disappointment in having had to miss the NCLab workshop. One of our computer teachers
FINISHED: VERSION 1.0 OF THE KAREL PROGRAMMING COURSE We hope that you were able to try the new version of the Karel programming course with beautiful illustrations, new games, and improved autograding. To request free evaluation access, just fill this simple online form. FINISHED: VERSION 0.9.13 OF NCLAB In addition to many routine fixes and
Free NCLab STEM workshops for K-12 schools at UNR were introduced in February 2014 and they quickly became popular. Often we host three school trips per week. School buses come from Reno but also from towns as much as 130 miles away. If you are interested in exposing your students to introductory computer programming and
On Monday we hosted a workshop for the gifted and talented program at the Caughlin Ranch Elementary School. These 3rd-graders were simply amazing! Girls were the fastest learners as usual: Working on Karel games ignites collaboration and communication:
New edition of the Karel programming course was just released! It has stunning graphics, new games, and improved autograding. Visit course web page for more information. Request free evaluation access Teachers can request free evaluation access by filling a simple online form.
While improving the NCLab’s self-paced 3D Modeling course, we decided to change the order of arguments in the ROTATE (R) command in PLaSM. This change is not backward compatible but adjustments are easy to make. Previously, the order of the arguments was: R(object, axis, angle) After the change, the last two are switched: R(object, angle,
Stay tuned, a new version of the self-paced Karel programming course is coming at the end of April! The Karel Course in NCLab comprises the White Belt level (7 games), Yellow Belt level (28 games), Purple Belt level (21 games), and Black Belt level (14 games). Sample games are shown below:
Become part of a project that is changing K-12 education in the U.S. and worldwide. NCLab is an open cloud computing platform that gives schools free access to awesome computing resources. To give a few examples, NCLab provides free apps for computer programming, 3D modeling (CAD design), 3D molecular modeling, engineering analysis of elasticity and
A new version of the Karel course is in preparation. Karel will go through many different adventures in the ZOO, in the Library, on a Ship, Under the Sea, in the Jungle, in the Desert, in a Fortress, on the Battlefield, etc. Here is a sample game from the Ship: