Create a Critter
UD6.203 | Day 2 | 10:45 - 12:15 | Speakers: Pauline Maas, Margaret Low
Abstract
Workshop: Create a Critter. Margaret Low. Audience: children aged 9 and up. Create your own finger puppet using turtlestitch. TurtleStitch is a block based language, that runs in the browser. Use turtlestitch to create the outline for your finger puppet. It’ll then be stitched by a digital embroidery machine onto two layers of felt, and you can then decorate it, adding eyes, hair, etc.
www.turtlestitch.org Tutorial: https://warwick.ac.uk/turtlestitch/project_2._finger_puppet.pdf
Unless stated otherwise, FOSDEM Junior workshops are intended for children aged 7 to 17. Don't forget to bring your own laptop.
Speakers
Teacher Digital Literacy at Royal Visio; Queen of the micro:bit; Author of oa "The invent to Learn Guide to the microbit" ; microbit101.nl; Stichting CodeKlas; codekinderen.nl & 4pip.nl
Margaret Low works with young people encouraging them to become creators as well as consumers of technology in her role as Director of Outreach and Widening Participation for WMG, University of Warwick. Margaret’s interactive workshops explore creative aspects of technology. She collaborates with organisations and communities to explore inclusive, creative learning experiences using technology. Margaret uses TurtleStitch as an approach to physical computing. It bridges the world of programming and textiles in a way that is accessible to young and old alike, bringing a very creative and practical dimension to computer programming.
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