Ongoing Saturday afternoon workshops sessions.
Guided projects, and individual tutoring/mentorships.
Sessions can be scheduled at your convenience.
Join us on Saturday afternoons for a very hands on, very project oriented exploration of internet technologies.
Sessions run every Saturday afternoon from 3-4:30pm.
You can register for individual sessions ($20) or for a discounted six-week package ($100).
Students can start anytime they want, sessions do not have to be consecutive.
New students will be introduced to the current group class project and brought up to speed at their own pace.
When they are ready and interested they will have the opportunity to do an individual or partner project at the same time.
They will build real, interactive web pages from the ground up using current internet development techniques and interface design.
On an ongoing basis we cover the basics of how the internet works, about cyber-safety and security, social networking best-practices, and how to search effectively and authenticate the results.
Recent projects have included:
Projects like these allow each student to be creative with the content, theme, and design, while having fun learning key internet technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, as well as important general coding techniques like variables, loops, arrays, logical operators, functions and objects.
Core Subject Areas:
- HTML - Hypertext Markup Language - the "body" of a web site, it's basic structure
- CSS - Cascading Style Sheets - the "clothes" of a web site, the looks, the fashion
- JavaScript - Client-side Scripting - the "brain" of the web site, what makes it smart, interactive, fun
- Internet Architecture - how does the web work?
- SDLC - Systems Development Life Cycle - how do teams create web sites?
- UI/UX - User Interface/User Experience - how do we make our sites make sense to our users?
- How to teach yourself these things - how do we find answers to coding questions?
- Location: The School for Tomorrow, 4511 Bestor Drive, Rockville (Aspen Hill), MD 20853
- Time: Saturday afternoons from 3-4:30 pm http://www.meetup.com/Web-Tech-Workshop/events/calendar/See complete schedule...
- Cost: 6-session for $100 pre-paid, or $20/session drop in
- Class size: maximum of 10 students
- Cancellation policy: free make-ups for individual sessions with 24 hours notice, two weeks notice for 6-session package for full refund (if we can fill the space we will issue whole or partial refund if at all possible)
- Age range: tweens and teens, contact us for special requests
- Requirements: Students will need to bring a laptop or iPad to each session
- Homework: Optional - projects will move faster if students choose to work at home
- Parents are Free: Parents are welcome to bring a laptop and participate, observe the class, relax in another room, or drop off.
- Siblings Discount: Siblings who participate in class can are discounted to $10/session. For those not participating, the school has an indoor game and play area, and outdoor playgrounds.
- Ongoing Sessions: After the first six sessions, currents students will have the option of continuing to advance their projects or work on new projects in a mentorship/computer lab format. New students will be accepted as space permits, and individual/ad-hoc sessions will be available in addition to the 6-session package.
- Forum and Calendar: We will be tracking everything at Meetup.com, including RSVPing for session times: http://www.meetup.com/Web-Tech-Workshop/events/calendar/
More Logistics:
Our new space, graciously provided by
School for Tomorrow, will accommodate a
small to medium sized group with lots of room to stretch out. Class size will be kept to a maximum of ten students to permit highly
individualized instruction. The pace of the class will be tailored to each student, so those who have no internet or programming experience
are welcome, as are those who have already done some web development. The six week class is payable in advance for $100. Ongoing sessions
thereafter will be available in prepaid 6-session blocks, or $20 drop in. In either case, reservations will be required so we can keep track
of the numbers. Sessions beyond the initial 6-week intro project will give students the opportunity to explore the technology more deeply and
work on more complex, original, and individualized projects. For ongoing sessions, current students will be given priority for a mentoring
workshop experience to explore more advanced concepts, while new students will be welcome as space permits.
The workshop is being presented by Josh Carpenter, a Technical Lead for Microsoft Business Solutions.
He has been doing web development professionally and as a hobbyist since 1994, and has been a homeschooling father for most of that time,
with an -year-old son and a -year-old daughter.
Josh has worked in multiple school, home, and community settings as a social, recreational and academic facilitator and is the founder of the
Special Needs Access Project (SNAP),
an agency dedicated to providing one-to-one recreational and educational support to individuals with special needs.
Here are some resources and links that demonstrate why it's important and cool for kids to learn to code:
“You really give them a perfect combination of encouragement, instruction, examples, and letting them figure things out, collaborate, and participate in the fun and ingenuity of discovery. Many kudos to you for putting together this great course!”
“I am amazed by the way you make such technical and complex aspects of computer web design accessible. You bring it down to earth, while keeping enough complexity so the kids can use the concepts effectively. That is a tremendous skill - to simplify without oversimplifying, and also even more important you have a real way with kids and young people that allows you to talk to them as a knowledgeable guide and instructor with skills to share, exploring the subject with them without talking down to them - you're a tremendous natural teacher.”
“Your class has been amazing for [my son], he really enjoys having you as a teacher. Thank you so much for all you have taught him and all the time you have spent with him.”
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