This week marked the last session that I spent volunteering my time at a high school as a programming mentor for the current school term. Here are some of my thoughts about the experience. Continue reading
OCRI: Final Spring 2010 Update
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Student Projects Get Underway at OCRI
Today Dan and I ventured forth again into our adopted high-school to see how the students were getting on with their projects. Last week they had all presented their game ideas in front of ourselves, the rest of the class and a representative from OCRI. A week later, I was interested to see if they still had the enthusiasm they’d shown in the presentations. Continue reading
The Flying Developer is a Mentor
An XO Laptop on my desk at work
Over the last couple of weeks I have had the pleasure of a pair of XO Laptops at my disposal. The XO is the result of the One Laptop Per Child project, founded by Nicholas Negroponte. The device itself is a real marvel of design and engineering, and I’ve had great fun hacking around with it.
The reason I am able to do this is because I am a volunteer mentor for OCRI, the Ottawa Center for Research and Innovation. Continue reading