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Session 1: Tech Classes Toronto 2019

We had a great 4 day session of learning, activities and fun across the board, WOW!

Please do check out the activity gallery below and scroll down for some sneak-peaks into all the subject areas we covered!

Click the right & left arrows to flip through the images from our classes below!

Photoshop digital art

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Students learned some photoshop basics and tools to create quick pieces of art. Some of the topics covered were:

  • Canvas and Layer management

  • Opacity and how it is helpful for any digital art subject area

  • How to use the brush, paint bucket, move tools etc

  • How to import pictures from the web into our projects

  • The idea that you don’t need to be an expert to create something awesome!

3D modelling in 3d Slash

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Students learned 3D modelling techniques in an awesome program called 3D slash (Check it out here).

This is a great tool to enable youth to think, create and design objects in a 3D space, a very valuble digital art skill. The coolest thing about 3D slash? Design a model, and then export it to take it to a 3D printer! Yes, it exports blueprints! Students can also design game assets and robotic builds!

They were introduced to multiple concepts:

  • Polygons

  • Frames Per Second

  • Texturing,

  • Advantages of low poly vs high poly.

Several students chose to save their models to their usbs.  

Robotics bot battles

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LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 makes building, programming and commanding your own LEGO robots smarter, faster, and more fun than ever. Follow a few simple steps and before you know it, you’ll be in control of robots that drive, shoot, slither, walk, slam, and spin – to name just a few of the actions that come with this awesome robotics set.

Use the Free EV3 Programmer App to bring your robot to life with your tablet. Choose a program, press play, and watch your robot carry out the action. Or download the programming software to your PC or Mac for even more programming features.

CONSTRUCT 2 (CODING / GAME DESIGN)

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CLICK THE ORANGE LINK TO DOWNLOAD CONSTRUCT 2

Our youth students worked in Construct 2 and we created a top down shooter style space game during our classes! and the topics covered were:

  • Basics of programming and level design!

  • Basics of game layout and the event sheet

  • How events trigger special actions to create game behavior

  • Learned the basics of debugging and game testing too

 THANK YOU, FROM THE CUBE STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS!

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Cheers and have a fantastic weekend!