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Girls' Coding Camp in Minecraft: Learn Lua & Solve Coding Challenges (5-Session)

Continue your programming journey in a Minecraft space adventure where you’ll strengthen your skills by customizing and coding advanced robots in this week-long all-girls’ camp. (Minecraft Java Edition for PC / Mac Only. NO iPad or Tablet.)
Connected Camps
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What's included

5 live meetings
7 hrs 30 mins in-class hours

Class Experience

(Minecraft Java Edition for PC / Mac Only)
(Not compatible with Ipads, Kindles, Tablets, Phones, and Game Consoles.)

There’s trouble in our Minecraft spaceship and in order to survive, we need help from experienced programmers like you! In this all girls' camp you’ll put your programming skills to the test by coding robot helpers, fixing our spaceship, and surviving the dangers of space.

Like our beginner’s coding camp, you’ll get to take control and customize robots to complete different challenges. However, this time the challenges are more open-ended and you’ll need to use your critical thinking skills to design your own solutions.

In this camp, you will:

— Learn how to approach complex problems by adapting a programmer’s mindset.
— Advance through a series of story-driven challenges that will improve you Lua programming skills.
— Apply your understanding of code to create unique solutions and customize Minecraft robots.
— Team up with other students to share ideas and feedback in order to help each other survive the journey.

We’ll start off your adventure in the spaceship’s Cargo Bay where you’ll have to solve your first coding problem to escape the room. This unlocks the bio dome which is the perfect place to code robot helpers and mine for resources to survive. As you continue through the story and unlock new challenges, you’ll learn more about how code works and deepen your understanding of how programming can be used to solve problems.

You can then take what you’ve learned from this class to design your own robots and use them during independent play.

Comfort is important when it comes to learning and this girls-only camp is a space to connect with other girls like you to enjoy the best parts of Minecraft.

PARENTS: This is a camp for students to further explore the fundamentals of programming in a story-driven environment. We provide a constructive space for students to apply their understanding and solve complex challenges while they develop their critical thinking skills. Like real-life programmers, your child will get to evaluate situations, make decisions, and solve problems through coding.

This is a 5-session camp that lasts a week. We balance group discussion time with plenty of hands-on experience with other students. This way, students can cement what they’re learning and fully explore the topics they're interested in. By combining Minecraft with education, your child will be able to engage their passions as they have fun in a positive, interest-driven environment. 

Your child will also have access to the computercraft mod after the session and can continue to play with robots in Minecraft.

Our girls-only camps celebrate girls by encouraging individuality, collaboration, and creative problem solving. Our friendly atmosphere is the perfect antidote to the sometimes over-competitive and intimidating online social world. In our girls program, all campers share something in common: being girls who love Minecraft and are ready for new friends and new adventures.

This camp is designed to be for intermediate coders. If your child is not experienced with coding in either Minecraft or in general, we recommend that you take our beginner’s camp first.

Learning Goals

These are the students’ learning goals and activities over the course of five sessions. Please note, this camp is a series of story-based challenges in which students will have to code solutions to complete objectives:

— Day 1 - Set Up and Introduction - Our primary goal for this day is to assist students in setting up Minecraft and to familiarize kids with our camp’s objectives. Students will start off in the cargo bay and bio dome where they will code their robots to mine and gather resources automatically.

— Day 2 - Activate Power and Reach Safe Room - Students will learn how to code their robots to navigate a maze and activate the power to reach a safe room.

— Day 3 - Safe Room - Using their robots, the class will work together and harvest food in the safe room by coding tools.

— Day 4 - Defense System - To repair the defense system, students will gather resources from the cargo bay and learn how to code “obelisks” to power the defense system.

— Day 5 - Escape Pods - Students will put their knowledge to the test by answering a series of computercraft based questions. They will then program robots to solve math problems before they escape from the Spaceship!
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Parental Guidance
Internet safety is a top priority for us and our goal is to create a safe, connected community of learners that is moderated by our instructors. Throughout our programs we strive to educate our learners on internet safety and best practices for connecting online. In our programs, our learners are often making friendships and connections with others in class and while we encourage positive online friendships we think it’s important to practice these principles of internet safety: — Do NOT ask others to connect online outside of our programs without first confirming with your parents. Our programs are a safe, moderated space for learners to engage but we can’t moderate connections outside of our classes. — Do NOT give away personal information which includes but is not limited to: your name, address, phone number, passwords, location, email address, and parental information. — If an individual asks for personal information, you should inform a counselor or your parent for guidance.
Supply List
A Minecraft Java Edition account must be purchased by the learner. Participants will receive access to the Connected Camps Minecraft Server where the program will be run. To access the server, each learner will need the Java edition of Minecraft version 1.13. The "Minecraft for Windows 10 version", console editions, and pocket editions for mobile devices will not work for this course.

A pair of headphones and microphone are also needed for communication with the class.
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Teacher expertise and credentials
Connected Camps is a not-for-profit organization founded in 2015 with the mission to build a global online community where kids build, code, play, and learn from one another. Our programs are designed based on the extensive research in the learning sciences. The founders and leaders of Connected Camps, Mimi Ito and Katie Salen, are professors at the University of California, Irvine who specialize in the design of online learning experiences that are fun, social, and tied to academic outcomes. Learn more about the research behind Connected Camps at the Connected Learning Alliance resource site: https://clalliance.org/ 

One thing that makes our programs unique is our near-peer mentorship model. Our programs are led by young adults and college students, often with the help of high school volunteers. We hire counselors and coaches from top universities in computer science, game development, economics, and sports performance, and design and train them on how to facilitate project-based learning with younger kids. Our young instructors have the same passion for technology, games, and digital making as our learners, and take on the role of instructors, as well as fellow enthusiasts and relatable role models.  

Learn more about our organization at:  https://connectedcamps.com/about 

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$100

for 5 classes

5x per week, 1 week
90 min
Completed by 17 learners
Live video meetings
Ages: 8-13
3-8 learners per class

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