Halifax Computer Camp

This was recently seen at an elementary school open house.

Do you think schools should be doing more to teach kids about computer science?

Recently seen at an elementary school open house... (Photo by Mike Gargiulo)

Computer science is an important part of any math curriculum. Kids that are exposed to it early on are 6x more likely to major in it in university (though I'd like to see numbers on how much more likely they are to attend university in general, not just major in Comp Sci)

Computer science: the impact of K-12 on university enrollment At Code.org, we’re regularly asked if teaching computer science in grades K-12 will impact university enrollment. Note: our core motivation is for schools to teach computer science as a foundational...

Our camp is 20% full! Spots are filling up faster than expected, so make sure you register today!

Register | Halifax Computer Camp A fun summer camp for kids to program their own computer games!

Had a great time today at Le Marchant School in Halifax, teaching some of their students about coding their own games!

The camp is so close!

Summer's Almost Here! Are your kids ready to dive into learning about how their favorite games work, while coding their own from scratch? Halifax Computer Camp starts in just a couple of weeks!

For every person you tell about our Summer camp that signs up, your name is entered into a draw for a free laptop!

Win a FREE Laptop Tell your friends about our Summer camp and have your name entered into a draw to win a free laptop at the end of August - just in time for school!

Really great infographic from Microsoft about kids learning to code.

An excellent article from Australia about the app store soon becoming dominated by young developers. It's worth the read!

Kids can rule in code-writing world if given right tools Teaching children computer code is becoming a priority in schools across the world. But Australia is falling behind.

Not All Randomness in Games is the Same:

3 Minute Game Design: Episode 6 - Output Randomness This video discusses the differences between "input" and "output" randomness, and why game designers should avoid using the latter. For a more in-depth view,...

Had our resident artists in last night to paint some bright art for the walls! They turned out great!

Goals, core mechanisms, supporting mechanisms. Today's episode of 3 Minute Game Design is very detailed and uses Super Smash Bros. as an example. Very cool!

3 Minute Game Design: Episode 5 - Clockwork Game Design In this episode I lay out the details of my Clockwork Design Pattern. It's a bit much to cram into just three minutes, so some things are necessarily shortha...

Open House & Registration Day - This Saturday!

Open House @ Halifax Computer Camp Come out for refreshments and to see our new camp facilities for our kids' Summer camp this July and August. Drop in for a visit at 592 Bedford Highway