Belfast
Time Every 2nd Saturday 10-12:30 during term time
Location Belfast Metropolitan College (Titanic Quarter Campus, 7 Queens Road, Belfast, BT3 9DT)
Country United Kingdom
Notes
  • What you need to bring:

  • If you have one, a laptop. If not we have machines that you can use.
    If you do not have a laptop please try to bring a USB memory stick to save your work on!
    You MUST be accompanied by a parent or guardian if you are under 14! (Very important). Your parent/guardian must stay with you during the session.

  • Who can attend:

  • We accept new coders all the time, so if you want to start just get a ticket below! Please note it is currently first come first served.
    You must be aged between 10-16.
    You must have an interest in computers and how to program them even if you havent done this before.
    We require a parent or guardian to accompany and stay with under 14s.

  • Cost: Free!


  • Format:

  • For those who havent been before you will be taken through 5 week induction which consists of classroom based lessons on Gamemaker and AppInventor.
    For those who have already completed the 5 week induction (or attended 5 weeks of CoderDojo Belfast before) you can follow along with various tutorials in technologies such as:
    • Gamemaker
    • AppInventor (Android mobile phone apps)
    • HTML/CSS/Web
    • Others coming soon!

    Assistance with the tutorials will be provided by the mentors.
    If you are already working on a project (in any technology) come along to see if we can be of assistance!

  • PARENTS:

  • Please books tickets in the kids name. This is very important for tracking kids progress and awarding awards.
    After grabbing a ticket below for your child please click on the below link and complete the form http://www.peterdoherty.co.uk/coderdojo/
    Please note we only have limited capacity for new starts. Preference will be given to new starts in the induction room (classroom based learning).
    When booking a ticket below please select the correct ticket type on whether the child has previously been before or not.

  • PARKING:
  • Please note Belfast Metropolitan College's basement car park is not open on Saturdays and surface car parking spaces around the building are reserved for authorised users.
    Please do not park in them as you will be clamped. There is no on street parking. Please use the Titanic Quarter pay and display surface car park at the rear of the building or the Titanic/Odyssey car parks

  • MENTORS:

  • We are always looking for additional mentors - please email pdoherty@belfastmet.ac.uk for further info.
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