Be the Designers, Doers, and Creators.  Start This Summer!

Imagine if your students can write their own stories, add their own voices, and design their own art.  Imagine if your students can create their own games, develop their own apps, and build their own websites.  Imagine if your students bring forth their talents to change the world.  

Many students learn how to code and create a few projects.  Then they stop, not knowing how to progress and lacking a supportive peer group.

In order to create a local community for our students to continue to learn and create stuff together with code, MentorsCloud.com has established a CodeWiz Club. In the summer, we will meet every Tuesday from 5:30 pm to 8:30 pm.  During the school year, we'll meet Friday nights so that students can still participate in sports and other activities.

How does the CodeWiz Club Work

In-Person Option

Objectives:  Create a community for kids to thrive. In this club, people can learn and share on an ongoing basis. We will ensure the success or student projects and sustain their long term interests.

1.  Meet weekly in the summer (Tuesdays 5:30 pm - 8:30 pm) using a punch card system.  Unused credit may be saved for other times.
2.  Goal setting with instructors.  Work on the weekly assigned projects or personal projects and receive necessary help.  
3.  Can work on group projects.
4.  Options include receiving new materials with assistance or sign up one of our classes. (need pre-registeration; space limited)
5.  When school starts, the club will meet every other week on Fridays at the same time with a punch card system for your own convenience.
Price:  Summer 9 week session:  $265
Location:  1855 S. Silverstone Way, Meridian, ID 83642 (Conference Room)
Date/Time:  Every Tuesday 5:30 - 8:30 pm from 6/23/15 - 8/19/15
Method:  Use punch cards to save your credit while on vacation (It's OK to share a punch card with a friend or sibling)
Project Scope:  App Inventor and Scratch (in the summer).  May extend to JavaScript in the school year.

Online Club Membership (one year)

Objectives:  Create a community for kids to thrive. In this club, people can learn and share on an ongoing basis. This option provides online help at an affordable price.  

1.   Online club members will receive a MentorsCloud Private login. Activities will be project based.
2.  New project will start once every other week in the summer, and once every month during the school year.  A game or an animation project will be sent out through email when the new project cycle starts.
3.  Project hints and Q&A will be posted online at the beginning of the second project week to give you additional help.
4.  At the end of the project cycle, the project solution including code and a thorough explanation will be posted online.  You will need your private member login to retrieve this information.
5.  If you need instructors to answer questions in person when you are working on your projects, sign up for the In Person Option.
Price:  $75 for full year from 6/23/15 - 5/30/16 (Individual Plan only; group access is a violation of the terms and conditions set forth by the membership )

Benefits:  
1.  Get students into a habit of creating a project twice a month with defined requirements.  
2.  Access our online library (create a Rain, Snow scene, mouse/keyboard control, Lightning bolts shoot out, etc) 
3.  Group Project ideas
4..  This online option currently is only for Scratch Projects.  For help with personal projects, please choose the In-Person Option

Create a Project for a Business and Have Your Sponsor Pay for Your Club Fee
Have you seen Google change its search engine log with animation to promote special events and significant milestones?  You can also create some clever animations or games for a business to do some promotional activities on their website.  Bring a proposal to them and have them sponsor your club fee.

Simplify the Learning Process

You don’t have to be good at math and science to learn computer programming.  If you can learn how to speak a language, then you can also learn a programming language.  MentorsCloud.com removes complexity by using simple building blocks and a hands-on approach.  Our curriculum and activities will help you continue to learn while creating something fun.

Simplify.  Create.  Share.