Raspberry Jam Schedule

Northern Ireland Raspberry Jam - June 2024

22/06/2024


Key
Not upfront taught workshops Beginner level workshop Intermediate level workshop Advanced level workshop

Note that workshops with around their title are experimental pilot workshops.

Workshops with around their title may involve attendees sharing equipment (pair programming).

Lecture Theatre 1 Workshop 1-2 (large 1st floor) Workshop 1-3 (medium 1st floor) Workshop G-1 (forward ground floor) Workshop G-2 (rear ground floor)
Session 1 (13:30 - 14:20)

General making/hacking
5/26
In this session, you can grab any one of our many activities/electronic components and learn at your own pace with volunteers on hand if you have issues. Note this session is not a taught workshop.

Scripting Sensors on the SenseHat
2/15
Work with the SenseHat and control the RGB display using the humidity, pressure and gyroscope sensors!

⚠ Minimum recommended age : 12 years old ⚠

Circuit Playground Nightlight
4/8
Use a Circuit Playground microcontroller and our super simple block-based code editor MakeCode to program a nightlight!

Minecraft Hour of Code
10/10
Escape the mysterious mansion by dawn and earn a million emeralds! All in Minecraft Education Edition.

Session 2 (14:30 - 15:20)

General making/hacking
0/26
In this session, you can grab any one of our many activities/electronic components and learn at your own pace with volunteers on hand if you have issues. Note this session is not a taught workshop.

Controlling Tech Over the Air!
6/15
Using Zigbee (A wireless communication protocol) you can control all sorts of tech! This workshop shows how to control RGB lamps using Python

Creating Robot Art with Micro:bit
7/8
Using a Micro:bit and a Bitbot with a marker, create robot art by programming the Micro:bit to drive around a canvas with other robots. All programming in this workshop uses MakeCode, a super simple graphical Scratch-like code editor.

Microbit Step Counter
6/10
In this workshop we will be using Microbits to make a really cool step counter that will go on your wrist to count your steps!

Break (15:20 - 15:40)
Lightning talk (15:40 - 16:00)

Lightning talks
0/0
Join us in the lecture theatre for 1 or more 7 minute lighting talks from STEM experts.

Session 3 (16:00 - 17:00)

Writing Stories in Code
4/5
Using code you can make your own game narrative!

General making/hacking
0/26
In this session, you can grab any one of our many activities/electronic components and learn at your own pace with volunteers on hand if you have issues. Note this session is not a taught workshop.

Hacking the dazzling Raspbertree
3/15
Learn to use Python to hack a big LED Christmas Tree!

⚠ Minimum recommended age : 8 years old ⚠

Minecraft Cyber
10/10
Report to the Secret Messages Office where messages arrive from across the kingdom. Each of the messages is encrypted so rival kingdom spies cannot read them if they are intercepted. You will to decrypt and encrypt the messages using different ciphers and defend the kingdom!


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