In the article, McGee is praised for making her way in the male-dominated world of technology, she admits to being a geek, and she challenges the notion that girls aren’t as adept at learning STEM . . .
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Girls in STEM: Scratch Tutorials Girl to girl. Mira's Scratch Programming tutorials aimed at kids. Mira shows kids how to code and animate the character, Giga, so she walks across the screen. It's easy to learn to code! Scratch is free and is used online. Just go to http://scratch.mit.edu.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][text-with-icon icon_type="font_icon" icon="icon-play-circle" color="Accent-Color"] Play the Make Giga Walk Animation! Press the green flag to start. Press the red stop sign to stop. [/text-with-icon][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][text-with-icon icon_type="font_icon" icon="icon-cloud-upload" color="Accent-Color"] Remix the Code! Make your own version, based on Make Giga Walk, by following the link to our Scratch project page here! [button [...]
Girls in STEM As part of Mira's We Can Code IT Series on Scratch, she shows you a very simple tutorial on how to make a ball bounce. Scratch is free and is used online. Just go to http://scratch.mit.edu. [vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][text-with-icon icon_type="font_icon" icon="icon-play-circle" color="Accent-Color"] Play the Make a Ball Bounce Animation! Press the green flag to start. Press the red stop sign to stop. [/text-with-icon][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][text-with-icon icon_type="font_icon" icon="icon-cloud-upload" color="Accent-Color"] Remix the Code! Make your own version, based on Make a Ball Bounce, by following the link to our Scratch project page here! [button open_new_tab="true" color="accent-color" hover_text_color_override="#fff" size="medium" url="http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/25274677/#editor" text="Play with the Code!" [...]
This workshop has come and gone. See our schedule for current computer classes. Computer Classes in Cleveland Designers, do you want to learn Wordpress? Do you already create Wordpress sites, but want a way for your clients to manage their pages and posts? Then spread the word and join us this Saturday, May 31st from 10 AM to 1 PM, Downtown Cleveland, and learn the Basics of Wordpress! By the time you leave the workshop you'll know how to manage a WordPress site, and you'll be full of coffee, a delicious lunch, and slushies. For Graphic Designers . . . Or [...]
We Can Code IT founders Mel McGee and Shana Mysko were featured at the Cleveland Mini Makers Faire. The pair showed children how to program their own chat bots using a program developed by their sister company, imageNation Web Experts, called Zoe Bot. Zoe Bot is an online, interactive, artificial intelligence application that will chat with a user. The kids were able to make their own chat bots as well that would respond to them. Mel demonstrated Skeletorbot, her artificial intelligence chatting skeleton, and showed kids how she created it. Skeletorbot chatted with visitors as they passed by, hopefully not creeping [...]
