Today is a big day. We released the Robot Avatars, and everyone is buzzing with excitement. We’ve had avatars since the beginning, but as we grew, and as our student population evolved, it became obvious that the old avatars needed to be retired. After...
Here’s a new resource that walks your through 8 ways to make code club more “fun!” Why? Because all of our code clubs could stand a good dash of fun now and then. 1. Background Music A little background music just helps the kids know they’re...
The results are in! From October 1 – November 30th, 2022 students were working hard inside Fiero Code for the code challenge called “Map of The Universe.” In this 8-week hackathon, students needed to create an animated model of the solar system....
Ladies and Gentlemen, I am pleased to announce the birth of Fiero Code! Fiero was born yesterday at 12:01am after a long labor and delivery… okay, okay this metaphor’s gone far enough. The last seven years as “Prenda” has been nothing short of...
In 2013 Kelly and Andy started a code club at the downtown Mesa location of the Mesa Public Library. Tolkien’s line from The Fellowship of the Ring proved true: “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t...
We’ve been doing regular coding contests (we call them code challenges) for about a year and a half now, and these have grown into one of our favorite things! Kids from all around the world can enter the contest (for FREE through their subscribing libraries),...