Pushing Pixels II: Eyes first programming inspired by life Sciences

Chris recently (ish) completed his doctoral thesis: "Designing Engaging Learning Experience in Programming" at the University of Dundee and currently works as a software developer with The Lamond Lab in Life Sciences, University of Dundee. Prior to this he worked in the School of Computing at the University of Dundee where he was responsible for the design and deliver of physical computing and data visualisation modules delivered to a wide range of learners.Over the past 15 years Chris has been lucky enough to collaborate with NESTA, Computing at Schools, Dundee Science Festival, Edinburgh International Science Festival, The Helen StoryFoundation, Coder Dojo, Open Glasgow, DCA and numerous schools to create excellent learning experience in programming. Chris is a passionate educator that delights in bringing together and supporting a diverse range of people in creating things they value.

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"We live in a society exquisitely dependent on science and technology, in which hardly anyone knows anything about science and technology." ~Carl Sagan
A massive part of that technology is code. Much of programming education is knowledge-driven, which loses context and can seem a little dry. This workshop will be driven by our eyes and curiosity, knowledge will be acquired along the road as it supports our endeavors. We will explore some programming concepts by "sketching" small, provisional, interactive visual apps in Processing. In tight iterations, we shall explore four themes: Interacting, Encoding, Emergence, and Process.
This workshop is aimed at anyone who is interested in creating with code, you don't need to be an artist or a developer. The only prerequisite is that you are curious and keen to learn with others.
The format will be a little bit of chat, a little bit of live coding and then space to experiment. We shall use this structure to iterate over the four themes. You will leave having written some code and hopefully be in a position to write more on your own.
This event is being run to help fundraise for Flying Seagull Project, participants are requested to make a suggested donation of £5 to this cause via the just giving page or cold hard cash on the night.
https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/hoofinhills
http://www.theflyingseagullproject.com/

School of Life Sciences

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