hack miramar logoThis guest post is from ex-‘ista Mike, so it may be some­thing you’ve seen else­where on the inter­net. Sorry! 
Fol­low­ing on from the suc­cess­ful Hack Miramar ‘trans­port event’ the team have teamed up with Wel­ling­ton Maker­space Trust and are chuffed to announce free pro­gram­ming work­shops for all ages on Decem­ber 13th at Scots Col­lege (1 Monor­gan Rd, Strath­more Park).
These ses­sions will run from 10am until 4pm on Sat­urday the 13th of Decem­ber at the Centre for Per­form­ing Arts Centre (CPAC) at Scots Col­lege. Attendees can drop in dur­ing the day to take part in ses­sions that will start each hour on the hour.
The work­shops will be based around the glob­al ‘Hour of Code’ format which provides an easy intro­duc­tion to com­puter pro­gram­ming for any­one want­ing to learn a little about how com­puters work. In addi­tion to learn­ing some simple pro­gram­ming con­cepts par­ti­cipants will also have a chance to do exer­cises with Rasp­berry Pi, Ardu­ino and Makey Makey devices.The event is part of a series of inter­na­tion­al events being put on around the globe as part of Com­puter Sci­ence Edu­ca­tion Week.
“Tech­no­logy is chan­ging rap­idly and we want to make sure Wel­ling­to­ni­ans of all ages are bet­ter pre­pared to be not just con­sumers of tech­no­logy but cre­at­ors as well” said Ben Wilde, Hack Miramar co-organ­iser.
The ses­sions are open to the pub­lic and to all ages from 6+, the only pre­requis­ite is curi­os­ity and a desire to learn some­thing new.
“We need more kids excited about the idea of mak­ing smart things.”, said Lee Ben­nett, founder of the Wel­ling­ton Maker­space Trust “we need more Kiwi innov­at­ors and this is a great way to get them star­ted.”
The event is being made pos­sible by the gen­er­ous sup­port of Scots Col­lege who have provided the use of the Graph­ics and Tech­no­logy facil­it­ies housed with­in the school’s Cre­at­ive and Per­form­ing and Arts Centre (CPAC).
“As a col­lege we are com­mit­ted to provid­ing world class edu­ca­tion for our stu­dents includ­ing oppor­tun­it­ies to learn about tech­no­lo­gies that will shape our future” said Graeme Yule, Head­mas­ter of Scots Col­lege “We’re very happy to sup­port this wider com­munity ini­ti­at­ive.”
More inform­a­tion can be found at www.hackmiramar.org/hour-of-code