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Have some time to volunteer? FISH is looking for more school tutor/mentors.
JABA FISH is on the hunt for more talented volunteers! If you are interested in learning more about FISH, please contact Carleigh Showalter, JABA Volunteer Coordinator cshowalter@jabacares.org │(434) 817-5226 Training dates for new FISH volunteers are now listed online at http://www.jabacares.org/fish-friends-schools-helping.
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Google #CSFirst #Scratch Club – perfect for a diverse elementary school population!
We were so pleased with our first run of the CS First – Game Design activities during our Spring 2015 after-school Computer Club for students in third and fourth grade at Jackson-Via ES. We discovered Google’s CS First midway in our Scratch Club schedule this spring, and thus we ran out of meetings before we were able to…
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Discover Google CS First and Scratch – fun for all ages!
I am a Senior Corps RSVP volunteer keeping my brain sharp by serving as a Guru for the Jackson-Via Computer Club – Charlottesville’s first Google CS First after-school club. Scratch is really a fun new language to learn — and the kids are always happy to help me. Thanks, Google and Scratch! Learn more from this EdSurge…
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We are again enjoying Scratch coding at Jackson-Via
Our first spring 2015 after-school Computer Club meeting on Monday was a huge success. We have some new enthusiasts joining a number of “old” members so we have a good environment for sharing and collaboration. We are very happy to have this opportunity for joint inquiry, experimentation, and play! An interesting article from Harvard Magazine: The…
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Why Women Stopped Coding | Seems odd to me, but probably true!
I was very interested in the NPR article quoted below because it answers a question I have long pondered: Why aren’t there more female programmers? During my 10 years as an IT professional, I never played computer games for very long. Why? Because there were so many things that I could learn about and build, so playing games…
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More about the Jackson-Via Computer Club
The Jackson-Via Computer Club meets in the Scratch Lab in the Jackson-Via Library after school on Monday afternoons. Club Sponsor: Bonnie Yoder, Jackson-Via SPED Teacher ~ with help from Nancy Lambert & Ruth Kastenmayer Our thanks to JV Librarian Jennifer Dixon for giving us such a comfortable home in the Library, and to JV ITRT James Daly for his patience, enthusiasm, and…
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