Coding Camp: Advance Animation in Elm!
In 5 classes, students will expand upon techniques taught in Start Creating with Code to develop advanced animations in Elm. They will use these concepts to create the characters and scenery for their programmed animation.
Fondation STaBL Foundation
Average rating:
4.9
Number of reviews:(16)
What's included
5 live meetings
4 hrs 35 mins in-class hoursHomework
4+ hours per week. Your learner will negotiate coding tasks with their team and do their best to finish them before the next session. Coding help is available through chat, but it is not live.Assessment
You will know your child is learning by what they create. We will let you know which new coding challenges they are ready for.Class Experience
What will be taught?
They will learn techniques for telling a story without words, how to create a shared vision and then plot a path to that vision, breaking tasks down and distributing them to their team.
What topics will you cover?
What functions of one variable (time), including polynomials, sine, cosine and absolute value look like and how to combine them to create complex animations. if-then-else conditions (stitching animations together).
- Day 1: Concept of model.time and basic animation techniques.
- Day 2: Apply math concepts to create complex animation movements.
- Day 3: Review animation concepts and brainstorm ideas.
- Day 4: Create animation scenes.
- Day 5: Integrate and combine animation scenes using if-then-else conditions.
How is your class structured?
We will cover new topics in the first 20 minutes, and children will use the rest of the class to perfect their creations. We will introduce techniques to foster creativity and manage projects, lead discussions to start each day and help the team divide up tasks and track their deliverables. If you know Scrum, this is Scrum adapted for pre-teens.
How will you teach?
The instructor introduces a topic as a how-to, for example, "This eye is in the middle of my face, how can we move it to the right?" and the children then try to duplicate it, and then make their own version.
How much will learners get to interact with you and each other?
This camp is all about learning to work as a team that inspires each other and becomes more than the sum of its' parts. Modern software development is as much about teamwork as it is about technical skills.
Any required experience or knowledge learners need?
They must have completed "Start Creating with Code!" Animation Camp and Comics Camp complement each other and can be taken in any order, at the same time, or alone.Learning Goals
Children will learn about functions of one variable–the same knowledge you learned with graph paper and lots of pencil sharpening and erasing–but they will do it by attaching function behaviour to motion and color changes. Put this together with some color theory, and they have the ingredients for a great sunset animation.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
To access the Elm Coding Platform, please agree to the privacy policy at the bottom of this website: https://stablfoundation.org/privacy.html, and follow the pop-up link.
Each child will need an account to access the Elm Coding Platform. Please use the username and password given when you register for the introduction class (Start Creating With Code in Elm!)
Additionally, students will use Google Slides or/and Google Jamboard to brainstorm their ideas. The links will be provided during class time. A Google account is required to access these platforms.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
In addition to the Outschool classroom, this class uses:
Sources
Example code: http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~anand/CoolDemos/
Shape creator: http://www.cas.mcmaster.ca/~anand/ShapeCreate2.html
Colour Visualizer: https://macoutreach.rocks/rgbflashlight/
Joined April, 2022
4.9
16reviews
Teacher expertise and credentials
Our coding curriculum, designed at McMaster University and tested in hundreds of schools, is designed to
(1) introduce Algebraic Thinking so children are primed to succeed in high school algebra,
(2) build problem-solving, team-working skills and self-confidence, and
(3) be fun!
We can do all these things by starting to draw with 2D shapes in the first minute, building on the knowledge they already have about shapes, colours, transformations and symmetry, and teaching them that coordinates are easy to learn and a really fun way to create animations.
Founded by Professor Christopher Anand and members of McMaster Start Coding (https://outreach.mcmaster.ca), our non-profit is the first step in our journey to teach the next billion coders! We use our own open-source graphics library in the Elm programming language modelled on algebraic notation. This will prepare children for the leap to high school algebra–the gateway to careers in STEM.Reviews
Live Group Class
$95
for 5 classes5x per week, 1 week
55 min
Completed by 2 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 9-14
3-6 learners per class
