Get Coding with Snap! - Building Up to AI

Overview

We all use computers every day, to play games, help us organize or communicate with others. But how can we make them do what we want?

In this course you will get an introduction to computer programming using the free and open-source visual programming language Snap! And you’ll also get a glimpse on more advanced Computer science concepts, too.

Finally, we’ll show you what Artificial Intelligence (AI) is all about and whether it might change the way we use our computers. Let us take you on a guided tour to the construction site of computing and artificial intelligence.

  We start with the Building Blocks of computer science and will learn about loops, conditionals and variables. Then it’s all about scaling.

We’ll look at how we can get from blocks to Building Systems through writing our own functions, working with objects and playing with recursion.   Equipped with the power tools of computer science we’ll venture into the realm of AI together.

Building AI is all about understanding the underlying principles of neural networks and generative AI.   This course if for everyone who is curious about AI and computer science.

Join us for 17 engaging and fun projects!

Syllabus

• Building Blocks
Welcome
Create Your Own Virtual Flower Garden
Trying it out - Create Your Own Virtual Flower Garden
Getting Edgy with Polygons
Trying it out - Getting Edgy with Polygons
Spiraling Around: The for Loop
Trying it out - Spiraling Around: The for Loop
Be Reflective: Mirror Images
Trying it out - Be Reflective: Mirror Images
Escape the Maze: My First Interactive Game
Trying it out - Escape the Maze: My First Interactive Game
Building Blocks
• Building Systems
Eliminating Chaos
Trying it out - Eliminating Chaos
Rumour Has It - Building a Function
Trying it out - Rumour Has It: Building a Function
One Makes Many - Cloning
Trying it out - One Makes Many: Cloning
Recursion: How to Grow a Tree
Trying it out - Recursion: How to Grow a Tree
Fireworks: Cloning Your Recursion
Trying it out - Fireworks: Cloning Your Recursion
Putting It All Together: Making It Pop
Trying it out - Putting It All Together: Making It Pop
Building Systems
• Building AI
How to Work with Data: A Short Intro to Programming Paradigms
Trying it out - How to Work with Data
Storytelling with AI: Grand Gestures
Trying it out - Storytelling with AI: Grand Gestures
What's next? - Generative AI with SnapGPT
Trying it out - What's next? - Generative AI with SnapGPT
Maths with Language: Word Embeddings
Trying it out - Maths with Language: Word Embeddings
Bottom Line: From Perceptrons to Neural Networks
Trying it out - Bottom Line: From Perceptrons to Neural Networks
Diagnosing Data with Neural Networks
Trying it out - Diagnosing Data with Neural Networks
Downloads
Building AI

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Subjects

Programming