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Calling all Engineers!

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Here is a sneak preview of an upcoming class series currently in development.   As you can see, library staff is busy building and testing various K’nex™ prototypes.  Our STEM curriculum in 3D Design and Printing with the MakerBot Replicator 2™ and Snap Circuits™ Basic Electronics has proved to be very popular and we wanted to add more STEM opportunities.  Our K’nex™ classes will be a fun opportunity to build and play while learning basic concepts about engineering.

Stay tuned to the blog for further details.  In the meantime, check out our popular 3D Printing and Design and Snap Circuits™ classes.  Spaces fill up quickly in these popular classes, so register early!

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Now Offering Two Levels of 3D Printing Workshops

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Our 3D Printing workshops  at the Orlando Public Library, featuring the MakerBot Replicator 2, continue to be well attended and by popular demand we now offer the workshops at level one and level two.  If you are planning to attend, to assure your seat in the workshop, please register early.  You will have the opportunity to design in Autodesk’s 123D Design software and see our 3D printer in action.  Attend level 1 on Saturday, April 6 at 11:30am and then on Saturday, April 20 level 1 at 10am and level 2 at 11:30am.  If Sunday is a more convenient day, register for the level one on April 28 at 4pm.

Check us out next week to see what other innovative projects we’re working on!

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Tired of Just Playing? Start Creating!

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There’s only one thing cooler than using a computer program and that is creating one. In our Introduction to Computer Programming class, explore the world of computer programming in a hands-on development environment that helps make programming easy to master. Or take our Introduction to Mobile Web App Development to create your own mobile Web app with an easy to use application that simplifies mobile development.

Do you love video games? Well then, it’s time to create your own! In our Create a Video Game series, you can create a 2D or 3D video game. Seats are limited, so register soon. Don’t miss these great classes coming in April to the Orlando Public Library.

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Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center Design Update

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Staff are eagerly anticipating the opening of the Dorothy Lumley Melrose Center in Spring 2014. Design details are being finalized. Construction is anticipated to begin this summer. In early April we’ll begin to see real signs of progress! We’ll be rearranging computers in the current Technology and Education Center and putting up a construction wall to help contain noise and dust. For now we continue to work on content for the new Center and are already offering curriculum in 3D printing and beginning electronics with Snap Circuits.

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Learn to Code

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In the upcoming weeks, the Orlando Public Library will begin to offer a variety of classes in computer programming and coding.  Code.org, a non-profit foundation dedicated to growing computer programming education estimates that approximately one million of the best jobs may go unfilled because only 1 in 10 schools teach student how to code.  Can you code?

Classes at the Library for adults include Introduction to Computer Programing and Introduction to Mobil Web App Development.  Kids will love the classes in video game creation in 2D and 3D.  And don’t forget, we offer our Access to Free College Courses Online labs for Code Academy and Khan Academy.  Also, check out Treehouse, an interactive e-learning website that teaches computer programming skills. So get onboard and let us help you learn the basics of coding!

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