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Dear NCLab users: Thank you for your support in the last year, and on behalf of the NCLab Team I wish you much success and prosperity in the New Year 2014. NCLab’s self-paced online computer programming and 3D modeling courses are now being used at 50+ schools in 11 Nevada school districts, at NCLab programming clubs, and at the Discovery

The Discovery Museum in Reno is offering a 2-day Winter Camp on computer programming with Karel the Robot on Jan 2-3, and a 5-day Winter Camp on 3D modeling with PLaSM on Jan 6-10. If you are from northern CA or NV, check out this link. Both Winter Camps will be done with NCLab and

Today we had a visit from the NCLab Club in Mineral County School District. We toured a 3D printer together, and after lunch we had a workshop on 3D modeling with NCLab. I never get tired of seeing how kids respond to 3D printing, and how it motivates them to learn geometry to be able

Cottonwood Elementary School in Lyon County is a new NCLab Partner School: http://www.ces.lyon.k12.nv.us. Looking forward to an exciting collaboration!

McGill Elementary School (White Pine SD, NV) is one of many schools that chose the Karel course in NCLab for the Hour of Code. The teacher Kenna Hall says: “Today went really well. The kids loved it and had so much fun! They enjoyed a different kind of challenge.”

By Jeremy Elsmore, Mineral County School District: I am very impressed with NCLab. The NCLab clubs I have set up at Schurz Elementary and Hawthorne Elementary have been very successful. The students are very excited about learning how to write code and are progressing through the program very well. At first it was hard to

Today we worked with students at the Roy Gomm ES in Reno and it was lots of fun. Some students were able to get past Yellow Belt first degree in a row! First diplomas will be issued to those who manage to complete all four degrees in the Yellow Belt section. We also discovered a

NCLab will be used at the Terry Lee Wells Discovery Museum in Reno for Winter Camps in computer programming and 3D modeling. The camps will take place on Jan 2-3 (programming) and Jan 6 – 10 (3D modeling). We will be there – make sure to stop by!

I have found NCLab’s Karel course to be an excellent introduction to programming. The course emphasizes logic and algorithmic thinking but conceals it in a fun and approachable game. It is better than code academy, treehouse or any other commercial site I’ve found. Highly recommended. -Ravi Balsa, Raleigh, NC

Congratulations to Ravi Balsa from Raleigh, North Carolina!