Programming Camp for Girls 2012 - 24 Jan 2012 9:00 - 5:00

Victoria University thanks Google for their continued support of high school education in New Zealand and Australia.

Venue

The camp will be held in Cotton 246 (Networking Lab) and Cotton 350 (Common Room), in the Cotton Building on Victoria University's Kelburn Campus. Here are links to a Kelburn Campus map and Wellington City map. Please note that on the Wellington Downtown Map, Victoria University is not marked but is in the large open area bordered by The Terrace at the bottom, and Salamanca Road on the right.

Accommodation

Attendees will be staying at Te Puni Village, one of Victoria University's newest student accommodation centers, and only a few minutes walk from where the camp activities will be run.

Schedule


The camp sessions are:

(there'll be snack breaks in the morning and afternoon as well - not shown here)

Tuesday

9:30 Welcome

10:00 Introduction to Python Programming (Cotton 246)

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Algorithms (Cotton 350)

16:00 Why Computer Science? (Impact on the World) (Cotton 350)

16:30 People of Computer Science (Cotton 350)

Wednesday

9:30 Mobile Device Programming with Android (Cotton 246)

12:30 Lunch

13:00 Mechatronics with Arduino Boards (Cotton 246)

16:00 Show off Arduino Boards to High School Teachers (Cotton 246)

16:30 Talk by Josh Bailey from Google (Cotton 350)

Thursday

9:30 HCI Lab with Multi-touch Tables (Cotton 246)

12:00 Discussion

13:00 Camp Ends

Contact

The local site organiser is Dr Stuart Marshall at the School of Engineering and Computer Science (stuart@ecs.vuw.ac.nz)