Programming Showcase 2020
by the Acton Academy Eagles
Welcome to the Acton Academy Session Six Exhibition Showcase Website!
Every six weeks, we host a public exhibition to showcase the projects we have been working on, often to put our skills to the test in front of an audience. All the work you see has been created members of the Acton Academy Middle School studio. At the heart of this quest has been problem-solving, learning new programming languages, and then applying those skills and language to create online digital games, digital art, and robotics for the really ambitious by programming drones to fly autonomously!
This session, we focused on exploring Programming, Online Games, Robotic Drones, and Big Important Questions by:
- Writing an Essay that tackles a modern and important topic faced by society today;
- Designing, testing, and building an online digital game;
- Researching and practicing skills needed to acquire a meaningful Apprenticeship; and
- Evaluating our personal motivations for “why we are here?” and “where are we going next?”
Members of the studio have been programming for the last 6 weeks creating their own games, online projects, and autonomous drone programs. Spend some time today exploring their creations and voting on your favorites!
Here are our Quest 360's from the session:
(Please remember that these names are in alphabetical order within each order and do not reflect an Eagle’s exact rating)
Top 1/3 (7.60 - 8.00) (in alphabetical order)
- Alani
- Davis
- Morgan
- Rachel
- Reina
Middle 1/3 (6.90 - 7.40) (in alphabetical order)
- Brooklynn
- Finnley
- Indra
- Jack
- Rohan
Bottom 1/3 (6.90 - 7.40) (in alphabetical order)
- Ava
- Avery
- Noah
- Shiv
FINAL PROJECTS AND WORK SHOWCASE
"Big important Question" Essays
A written essay on a topic and question that really matters
A personal speech recorded as video on what my motivations and short-term plans to achieve my goals
apprenticeship progress
Highlights from my most recent apprenticeship hunt
Journey for this Session
Every Eagle spent the first few weeks exploring the fundamentals of problem-solving, computer logic, and the building blocks of programming using code.org and various hands-on simulations. Even starting from no experience studio members were quickly creating as they learned the MIT Blocks-Based Programming Language "Scratch" eventually designing their own games.
Other studio members went on to tackle Harvard's most popular course CS50 and the most ambitious tackled learning Python 3 in pursuit of programming autonomous drones to complete complex missions using artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Feedback to the Programmers
As you view the published works and efforts from this session please vote and provide feedback to the Eagles using this form