November 2024

We’re already half-way through the term, four classes down, four to go. And it’s been very busy and productive so far.

Creating art with code

Our junior groups have been working with a program called Logo. It has introduced them to a more text-based challenge with an artistic outcome. They have to write instructions for the the program to follow, giving exact directions, colours, angles, etc. These have created some amazing designs, shapes and images, especially once they learned about the ‘repeat’ and ‘random’ options – as you can see below

Webcam filters

The older groups have continued their work with Javascript, first creating a number guessing game. After writing the code, they embedded this on a webpage, adding colours and images, as well as their own tweaks to the game.

Now they are trying their hand at accessing the laptop’s webcam and adding filters to the feed. The code is precise, so they have had to be spot on with their syntax. But it’s worth the effort, as the outcomes are weird and wonderful, from turning themselves into a smurf to inverting the image (similar to an old negative).