St. James Codes goes cotillion; make Dash and Dot move and dance!
St. James Codes, our class on learning how to code using small robots, is going cotillion! St. James Codes takes place after the 10 a.m. service on the first Sunday of the month (except October, when it’s the second Sunday).
For our St. James Codes cotillion, students will be coding the Dash and Dot robots in social skills as well as basic dance moves. Polite behavior and etiquette will be taught to all the robots using block coding. St. James has the moves as well as the robots, but students will need to bring a device with the Blockly app downloaded. We will have a few Dash robots for your use, but if you wish to purchase your own, they are available through Amazon or directly through Wonder Workshop.
Barbara Stachelski, the teacher for the class, is a national board-certified educator specializing in students with special needs. She recently retired from Tustin Unified School District after 21 years. Barbara taught coding and robots within her classroom for over 10 years and ran the St. James’ Girls Who Code club for over a year. She was also involved in the idata project out of the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin with a small group of students here at St. James teaching them coding to help people with visual impairments become involved in astronomy.
Barbara is joined by Steve Prat, another tech wizard, for this innovative program.
For more information contact the church office at office@stjamesnewport.org or 949.675.0210.
