1-on-1 Kids Coding Mentors
On April 16th we hosted our first Student Showcase in Berkeley. The event gives Breakout Mentors students a chance to share what they have created with the help of their mentor. Imagine a science fair just for kids who code! This year marks …
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Our students working with 1-on-1 programming mentors have made some fun projects over the course of the year. In early June we had our second annual Student Showcase event, where they had the opportunity to share a project and see what other kids …
Success stories are a great way to draw inspiration for a large goal. They show what is possible with a little focus and hard work. It is no different for kids wanting to learn how to program - it is a large time investment, but is fun and can lead …
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The drag-and-drop programming environment Scratch can look like a children's toy - it features little cartoon characters controlled by stacking blocks together. Yet it teaches many important programming concept like loops, conditionals, and variables …
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Ed is one of Breakout Mentors' excellent programming mentors who works 1-on-1 with students. He has an impressive computer science background, graduating from Stanford in 2010 with a masters in Computer Science (focus on artificial intelligence), …
Minecraft is the game everyone is playing these days. It's really impressive how such a simple game, with so few rules, has gathered such a massive following. There are 40 million registered players, with more joining every day. Many of these players …
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The first Breakout Mentors game design contest has come to a close. Thanks to everyone who submitted a project, they were all very impressive and came from a wide range of sports - beach volleyball, shooting, track and field, and weightlifting! You …
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Have you been watching hours of the Summer Olympics in London? If you've been glued to the TV like the rest of the world, it's time to put that inspiration to use by creating a Scratch game based on an Olympic sport! It can be a soaring gymnasts on …
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Knowing how to program opens up a world of possibilities. But sometimes these possibilities seem abstract. Of course you can use your experience to land an exciting internship, get into an excellent college, or build your own product - but what does …
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