Intro to Coding Holiday Extravaganza in Grand Rapids
from Saturday, December 2, 2017 8:00AM to Saturday, December 2, 2017 12:00PM
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Grand Circus Grand Rapids, The Midwest Tech Project and Start Garden proudly present the Inaugural Intro to Coding Holiday Extravaganza. This event will feature several free coding workshops and group meetups for adults, plus holiday activities for children including a special visit from a holiday superstar. The Intro to Coding workshops are free and designed for folks who are curious about coding, but who have little to no experience. These workshops are the perfect class to learn the programming foundations needed to eventually build a website or mobile app. While you won't leave the workshop a developer, you will leave with an understanding of code needed to learn any programming language. There is lots to choose from! Grand Circus is offering two options of our Intro to Coding Workshops: JavaScript or C#. Loop Coding Center is offering an Intro to HTML & CSS class, and The Django Girls is having their Holiday Hacking Meetup. More details are below. Be sure to help us with planning and RSVP. Schedule 8:30am: check-in, coffee and donuts. Bring your coding questions and let's spend a day enjoying some programming challenges together. Come with a charged laptop and ready to learn! Please register for only one coding session. 9:00am-12:00pm: Intro to JavaScript Workshop 9:00am-12:00pm: Intro to the .NET C# Workshop 9:00am-12:00pm: Loop Coding Center workshop: Introduction to HTML & CSS (primary high school students) 9:00am-12:00pm: Holiday Hacking with the Django Girls meetup (requires separate RSVP) Interested in learning more about Grand Circus? 10:00am-11:00am: #WhyGrandCircus Info Session. Join John and Kelsey for an informal discussion about the bootcamp experience. No RSVP required, just follow the signs to where we will be hanging out. You can drop in during your workshop breaks or come in just to chat For the kids (ages 5+ ) ** please RSVP your children** 8:30am-10:00am: Check-in & really 'cool' activities (cool...get it?) 9:00am throughout: Special holiday surprises and fun 10:00am-11:30am: Holiday Movie Midwest Tech Project Keynote Speaker (please RSVP) 12:00pm-1:00pm: Marlin Williams Marlin G. Williams has over 20 years experience as a Global Diversity and Inclusion Officer for two Fortune 500 Organizations, professional speaker, STEM Advocate, speaker and media contributor. Marlin is a recognized leader in corporate and technology diversity and inclusion strategies and initiatives. Marlin has also had a successful career as a Mainframe Coder, Deputy Chief Information Officer, Human Resource Executive and Technology Entrepreneur. Marlin is the founder of the social enterprise Sisters Code, which educates, empowers and entices women ages 25–85 to explore the world of coding and technology. She is currently the diversity & inclusion entrepreneur in residence at Tech Town Detroit. To help us in planning, please RSVP! #WhyGrandCircus
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