Workshop: Data Visualization in Python

Sun, 11 Aug 2019 22:40:32 GMT

Date and Time: August 17 and 18 (Saturday and Sunday), 9:00am to 4:30pm

What’s covered

Pre-workshop homework

Work through the slides on Bootstrapping Python here before coming to class. It take less than an hour to complete. Use left and right arrow key to navigate the slides.

Note: slides have been UPDATED on 8/13 (Wednesday) 9pm.

Day 1

Students will learn various programming concepts in Python by working on various Turtle problems (see image below for a fancy pattern drawn using Turtle) on the interactive Jupyter notebook platform. This class will lay a solid foundation for future Python learnings.

Turtle is an adaptation of Logo, a classic educational programming language popularized by Apple II Macintosh in the 1980’s.

Concepts covered:

Loops
Conditional branching
Functions
The list data structure
The dict data structure

Day 1 slides

Day 2

Students will learn an important skill in the age of Big Data - data visualization. This class will teach students various step of data visualization such as data acquisition, data parsing and visualization. Students will work on a real life dataset of global earthquake activities maintained by the US Geological Survey and visualize the data on a world map (see below).

Topics covered:

Data sourcing
Pandas dataframes
Matplotlib histograms
Basemap
List comprehension

Day 2 slides

What to bring to the class

A Windows/Mac/Linux laptop. Chromebook will not work.

Before coming to the class

IMPORTANT! Work through the pre-requisite Bootstrapping Python class material.
Install Anaconda Python by following the instructions in Bootstrapping Python.

Workshop: Web Development Part 1

Thu, 11 Jul 2019 22:12:03 GMT

Date and Time: July 13, 9:00am to 4:30pm

This course is Part 1 of a two-day workshop that teaches you how to write a Breakout game in Javascript.

Post-workshop update

The workshop has concluded. Workshop slides can be accessed here.

We had quite a bit of fun!

What’s covered

In this 6-hour course students will learn the basics of writing a web page, and be introduced to the basics of Javascript.

During the first half of the workshop, students will learn how to craft a simple personal profile page. They will learn to use basic HTML and CSS to add various type of contents and formats to a web page. They will also learn how to upload their finished web pages to NeoCities, an free and kid-friendly web-hosting site.

In the second half of the workshop, students will learn the basics of Javascript. They will be introduced to flow control and basic data structures. They will also learn how to use Javascript dynamically change the appearance of a web page.

What to bring to the class

A Windows/Mac/Linux laptop. Chromebook will not work.
A couple of fun photos saved on the laptop.

Before coming to the class

Install Visual Studio Code, an open source code editor. Download it here.
Create a free account for your child on NeoCities, a kid-friendly web-hosting site. Make sure your child knows the username and password.
If you have difficulties with any of the above, come to class at 8:30am and I will troubleshoot it for you.

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Workshop: Data Visualization in Python

What’s covered

Pre-workshop homework

Day 1

Day 2

What to bring to the class

Before coming to the class

Workshop: Web Development Part 1

Post-workshop update

What’s covered

What to bring to the class

Before coming to the class