Kids Code & Computer Science

Links from the bottom of all the February 2022 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

Corrupting files for art

The Art of PNG Glitch

https://ucnv.github.io/pnglitch/

Pyrofoux

https://twitter.com/pyrofoux/status/1454856822481997825

Databending in Audacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iSe5qy8VwY”

Guides to Making Glitch Art

https://www.reddit.com/r/AnarchoGlitch/comments/js1nm5/how_to_make_glitch_art_guides/

How to Glitch Images with Wordpad

http://datamoshing.com/2016/06/26/how-to-glitch-images-with-wordpad/

Unraveling the jpeg

https://parametric.press/issue-01/unraveling-the-jpeg/

How to Datamosh Videos

http://datamoshing.com/2016/06/26/how-to-datamosh-videos/

Make Abstract Glitch Art Photographs

https://digital-photography-school.com/make-abstract-glitch-art-photographs/

Glitch an Image on Mac Using Audacity

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-nHdHfL8L_Y

Databending

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypcV1UHRyP0

A Whale of a Language

Orca

https://esolangs.org/wiki/Orca

Making a tracker with Orca

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKAjx6n97IY

What is Orca?

https://100r.co/site/orca.html

Orca Website

https://github.com/hundredrabbits/Orca

Phone Sensors with Smarts

Smartphone and Astrophotography

https://www.space.com/smartphone-astrophotography

Sensors Book

https://spacemath.gsfc.nasa.gov/Sensor/SensorsBook.pdf

Which Smartphone Sensors Work?

https://fossbytes.com/which-smartphone-sensors-how-work/

All the Sensors in Smartphones and How They Work

https://gizmodo.com/all-the-sensors-in-your-smartphone-and-how-they-work-1797121002

Mobile Sensors and Components

https://medium.com/jay-tillu/mobile-sensors-the-components-that-make-our-smartphones-smarter-4174a7a2bfc3

What is a Smartphone Sensor?

https://www.makeuseof.com/what-is-a-smartphones-sensor/

Accelerometers

https://www.credencys.com/blog/accelerometer/

What’s a Gyroscope & Accelerometer Doing in My Cell Phone

https://medium.com/chip-monks/whats-a-gyroscope-and-accelerometer-doing-in-my-mobile-device-eb7acbdfa4e0

How a Gyroscope Sensor Works in Smartphones

https://www.techaheadcorp.com/knowledge-center/how-gyroscope-sensor-work-in-smartphone/

Proximity Sensors

https://www.ia.omron.com/support/guide/41/introduction.html

What is a Proximity Sensor?

https://www.fierceelectronics.com/sensors/what-a-proximity-sensor

What is a Magnetometer?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetometer

Sensors embedded in Smartphones

https://www.samsungsds.com/en/story/What-Kinds-of-Sensors-are-Embedded-in-Smartphones.html

Alexa, Stop Listening

What Is a Smart Lock?

https://www.lifewire.com/smart-locks-4159894

Alexa, Play My Alibi: The Smart Home Gets Taken to Court

https://www.wired.com/story/gadget-lab-podcast-470/

Smart Home

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smart-home.asp

Smart Homes

https://smartofficesandsmarthomes.com/smarthomes/

Best Smart Home Devices

https://www.pcmag.com/picks/the-best-smart-home-devices

Smart Home Guide for Beginners

https://www.techhive.com/article/3297744/smart-home-guide-for-beginners-how-to-make-your-home-more-convenient-to-live-in.html

Smart Home Pros and Cons

https://environmental-conscience.com/smart-homes-pros-cons/

Smart Home Disadvantages

https://www.smarthomepoint.com/disadvantages/

A Smart Home is Where the Bot is

https://www.mckinsey.com/business-functions/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/a-smart-home-is-where-the-bot-is

Impact of Artificial Intelligence

https://www.futurebridge.com/blog/smart-homes-impact-of-artificial-intelligence-in-connected-home/

What is Domotics?

http://www.easydom.com/en/discover/what-is-domotics

Home Automation

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_automation

Which American Cities Have the Most Smart Homes?

https://blog.treasuredata.com/blog/2019/12/27/which-american-cities-have-the-most-smart-homes-the-answer-according-to-zillow/

10 most advanced smart homes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bz340JPoJUM

Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/53131/ada-lovelace-first-computer-programmer

Who is Ada Lovelace?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace?

Bernoulli Numbers

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/mathematics/bernoulli-number

Ada Lovelace

https://www.biography.com/scholar/ada-lovelace

Women in Science: Ada Lovelace

https://www.sdsc.edu/ScienceWomen/lovelace.html

Things You May Not Know About Ada Lovelace

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7ITqnEmf-g

Things You May Not Know About Ada Lovelace

https://www.history.com/news/10-things-you-may-not-know-about-ada-lovelace

Ada Lovelace

https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/history/article/ada-lovelace

Ada Lovelace Institute

https://www.adalovelaceinstitute.org/our-work/themes/

Spotlight On Ada Lovelace

https://thinkeryaustin.org/blog/steamspotlight-ada-lovelace/

Ada Lovelace Notes to Charles Babbage

https://lynx-open-ed.org/node/356

Ada Lovelace Books

https://www.amazon.com/ada-lovelace-Books/s?k=ada+lovelace&rh=n%3A283155

What’s a Computer Worm?

Information on Tapeworms

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/agricultural-and-biological-sciences/tapeworms

Computer Worm on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

The Shockwave Rider on Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Shockwave_Rider

Computer Worms

https://www.britannica.com/technology/computer-worm

What is a Computer Worm?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_worm

Morris Worm

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Morris_worm

Early Word Gets the Worm

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/geek-trivia-early-word-gets-the-worm/

List of Computer Worms

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_computer_worms

What is a Computer Worm

https://softwarelab.org/what-is-a-computer-worm/

Difference Between Virus, Worm & Trojan Horse

https://www.websecurity.digicert.com/security-topics/difference-between-virus-worm-and-trojan-horse

Conficker Worm

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/29/opinion/Sunday/conficker-worm-ukraine.html

Power to the People

Polis

https://pol.is/home

Computational Democracy Project

https://compdemocracy.org/Case-studies/

Open Source Initiative

https://opensource.org/osd

Crowd Sourcing

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/crowdsourcing.asp

Civic Tech Community

https://g0v.asia/

What is crowdsourcing?

ps://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/crowdsourcing

The Noisy Language of Modems

Practical Guide to Analog Modems

https://web.archive.org/web/20180225041819/http://www.myhome.org/pg/modem.htm/

Modems Matter

https://kevindriscoll.info/docs/modems_matter/driscoll.modems_matter.screen.2016-06-26.pdf

The Sound of Dial-up

http://www.windytan.com/2012/11/the-sound-of-dialup-pictured.html

Dial-up

https://oona.windytan.com/posters/dialup-final.png

Dial-up Modem Sounds

??https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/a29611456/internet-dialup-modem-sounds/

The Internet of Sound

https://techcrunch.com/2015/07/26/the-internet-of-sound/

Computer Sounds of the 90s

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62217/15-computer-sounds-will-take-you-back-90s

The Days of Dial-up Internet

https://blogs.opera.com/news/2015/08/remember-the-days-of-dial-up-internet/

Dialing into the Internet

https://mclaneintel.com/flashback-friday-remember-dialing-into-the-internet/

The Sound of Dial-up Modems

https://www.thedrum.com/profile/receptional/news/the-sound-of-the-dial-up-modem-and-other-relics-from-the-webs-first-30-years

Advanced Online Search Techniques

Learn to Search

https://websitebuilders.com/how-to/learn-to-search/advanced-web-search/

Advanced Search Techniques

https://onlinelibrary.london.ac.uk/support/information-skills/advanced-search-techniques

Safe Search Engines for Kids

https://www.familyeducation.com/life/internet-safety/6-safe-search-engines-kids

Online Safety Advice

https://www.internetmatters.org/advice/6-10/

Internet Searching

https://www.mindtools.com/pages/article/internet-searching.htm

11 Kid-Safe Search Engines

https://www.educatorstechnology.com/2018/01/11-great-kids-safe-search-engines.html

Safe Search Engines for Elementary Students

https://www.iste.org/explore/iste-standards/5-safe-search-engines-elementary-students

Six Safe Search Engines for Kids

https://www.familyeducation.com/life/internet-safety/6-safe-search-engines-kids

Things Kids Should Know About Searching the Web

https://www.makeuseof.com/things-kids-should-know-searching-web/

Online Search Tips for Kids

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOmSLK42HzI

How to Help Your Kids Search Effectively Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rp7k4ypt6PQ

Simple and Effective Tips for Searching

https://www.kidspot.com.au/parenting/high-school/online-searching-simple-and-effective-tips-for-kids/news-story/4e219a6371d0461471b44d192f163255

Five Must-have Google Search Tips for Students

https://www.commonsense.org/education/articles/5-must-have-google-search-tips-for-students

Primary Parent Search Tips

https://www.tvdsb.ca/en/students/resources/Documents/primary-parent-search-tips-literate.pdf

Introducing Mini Micro

Virtualization

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtualization

Three Types of Virtualization

https://wamsinc.com/2016/06/17/three-types-virtualization/

Virtualization: A Complete Guide

https://www.ibm.com/cloud/learn/virtualization-a-complete-guide

Mini Micro

https://miniscript.org/MiniMicro/

Flappy Bat

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.wlgamer.flappybat&hl=en_US&gl=US

What is Virtualization

https://www.redhat.com/en/topics/virtualization/what-is-virtualization

You Got ‘Rithm

Self-Taught Computer Scientist

https://www.amazon.com/Self-Taught-Computer-Scientist-Beginners-Science/dp/1119724414

Algorithms

https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/computer-science/algorithms/1/

Artificial Intelligence Algorithms

https://www.wired.com/insights/2014/09/artificial-intelligence-algorithms-2/

What is an Algorithm?

https://theconversation.com/what-is-an-algorithm-how-computers-know-what-to-do-with-data-146665

What is a Computer Algorithm

https://computer.howstuffworks.com/what-is-a-computer-algorithm.htm

Real World Algorithm Examples

https://sphero.com/blogs/news/real-world-algorithm-examples

Algorithms for Kids

https://www.create-learn.us/blog/what-are-algorithms-for-kids

How to Explain Algorithms to Kids

https://www.tynker.com/blog/articles/ideas-and-tips/how-to-explain-algorithms-to-kids/

Algorithm Facts for Kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Algorithm

What is an Algorithm

h https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCrMJuEBkQY

Flash Back to Noisy Tech

What noises mean for your computer

https://www.popsci.com/story/diy/noises-computer-repair/

Why is My Computer Making a Whirring Noise

https://www.ccleaner.com/knowledge/why-is-my-computer-making-a-whirring-noise

Noise Inside Computers

https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/noise-inside-computer/

Computer Noises You Shouldn’t Ignore

https://www.crtucson.com/computer-noises-you-shouldnt-ignore/

Old Computer and Printer Startup Noises

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JpSfgusep7s

Computer Sounds from the 90s

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/62217/15-computer-sounds-will-take-you-back-90s

Mac Startup and Crash Sounds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EB1lOLnWh-c

Man Behind Apple’s Most Famous Sounds

https://www.imore.com/meet-man-behind-some-apples-most-famous-sounds

A Pico Temperature Sensor Project

Pico Environment Sensor

https://www.waveshare.com/wiki/Pico-Environment-Sensor

DHT11 Sensor

https://www.adafruit.com/product/386

DHT sensor

https://learn.adafruit.com/dht

Set Up Humidity Sensor on Arduino

https://www.circuitbasics.com/how-to-set-up-the-dht11-humidity-sensor-on-an-arduino/

Temperature Humidity Sensor with Raspberry Pi

https://how2electronics.com/interfacing-dht11-temperature-humidity-sensor-with-raspberry-pi-pico/

Measuring Humidity Using DHT11

https://www.instructables.com/Measuring-Humidity-Using-Sensor-DHT11/

Teaching Efficiency

Five Ways to Write Functions in Javascript

https://dev.to/koladev/5-ways-to-write-functions-in-javascript-17d5

How to Write a Function in Javascript

https://www.javatpoint.com/how-to-write-a-function-in-javascript

Javascript Functions

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/JavaScript/Reference/Functions

Ladder of Abstraction

https://eatingenglish.community.uaf.edu/the-ladder-of-abstraction/
Java Control Structures

https://www.baeldung.com/java-control-structures

Control Structures in Java

https://javagoal.com/control-structures-in-java/

Formal Operational Stage

https://www.simplypsychology.org/formal-operational.html

Using Abstraction in the Classroom

https://medium.com/tech-based-teaching/big-picture-learning-using-abstraction-in-the-classroom-b5a2b0ce150b

Abstraction in Programming

https://www.educative.io/edpresso/what-is-abstraction-in-programming

OOP Concept Abstraction

https://stackify.com/oop-concept-abstraction/