STEMcoding update (and faculty opening!)

[or...@physics.osu.edu]

Hi Processing Educators,

               I just wanted to give a brief update on the STEMcoding project.

1. We posted three new p5.js activities to hourofcode.com

The new tutorials include walk throughs for games like Pong, Asteroids, and Lunar Descent. There is also a Pi day coding activity where students calculate pi using a 2D monte carlo approach. To my knowledge we are still the only p5.js based activities on hourofcode.com.

2. Computer science faculty opening at the University of Mount Union

We have a close collaboration with Prof. Richelle Teeling-Smith in the physics department at the University of Mt. Union in Alliance, Ohio. She is asking for help in advertising a computer science faculty position there. It would be great if the person who ultimately gets the job has an interest in computer science education and p5.js. Please e-mail Prof. Teeling-Smith (teel...@mountunion.edu) if interested, or if you have suggestions for colleagues that she should reach out to and try to recruit.

3. iPad compatibility improvement

There was an issue with the iPad apple brand external keyboard that was causing some real problems. I was able to modify the p5.js library to the point where the arrow keys on the iPad external keyboard would work. The fix is now in a pull request (https://github.com/processing/p5.js/pull/3286 ) which makes me optimistic that it will be included in the next release. Basically none of our p5.js games worked properly on iPads until this got fixed.

4. Processing community day

I won't be able to attend processing community day in LA, but I would be happy to set up a video chat with some of the other cities holding processing community day events if people are looking for speakers with p5.js.

best,

Chris

[stephen Lewis]

We have a direct P5JS to Arduino connection that might interest you.  No node.js, no installs, just plug and play.  We have full interoperability with canvas objects and all of P5code, plus three new simple commands:  readAnalog, writeDigital and writeServo to read and control inputs and outputs.

St...@architectronics.com

www.funkey.net

[Dave Pentecost]

Chris - Do you have any direct links to the p5.js examples you posted to Hour of Code? I find it difficult to search the site. Under Created By STEMcoding, only the Pi Day example pops up.

Thanks

Dave Pentecost

Director, Technology
East Village Planetarium
http://www.girlsclub.org/programs/

@dpentecost
Cell 646 704 2021

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[or...@physics.osu.edu]

Hi Dave

You have to click "comfortable" to see the other three activities. I agree it's confusing.

Here are the direct links:

http://go.osu.edu/hourofcode
http://go.osu.edu/hourofcode2
http://go.osu.edu/hourofcode3
http://go.osu.edu/pidayhourofocode

Let me know how it goes!

The solutions are all available here:

http://go.osu.edu/teacher_coding
Username: teacher
Password: brutus

We also have a learning management system that is helpful for keeping track of which activities students have completed and giving feedback. Here is the link:

http://stemcoding.osu.edu

Last thing: we have a monthly email list. If interested you can add your email at this link:

https://lists.osu.edu/mailman/listinfo/stemcoding

Best
Chris

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[Dave Pentecost]

Thanks, Chris - FYI there is an extra letter in the fourth link. Should be http://go.osu.edu/pidayhourofcode

Dave

Director, Technology
East Village Planetarium
http://www.girlsclub.org/programs/

@dpentecost
Cell 646 704 2021

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[Kasper Kamperman]

Do you have a link?