June 2020 Learn More Links

Links from all the stories in this June 2020 issue of the magazine!

Raspberry Pi Jams

Raspberry Jams

https://www.raspberrypi.org/jam/

Raspberry Pi Projects

https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/projects

How to run a raspberry Pi Meetup

https://opensource.com/article/17/5/how-run-raspberry-pi-meetup

Get yourself into a Jam

Official guide to hosting a jam

https://itch.io/docs/creators/game-jams

Link to Bitsy

https://ledoux.itch.io/bitsy

Godot

https://godotengine.org/

TIC-80

https://tic.computer/

Twine: TIC-80 tutorials

https://twinery.org/

Twine introductory booklet

https://github.com/clarissalittler/interactive-fiction/blob/master/TwineZine/TwineZine.pdf

Pygame Zero

https://pygame-zero.readthedocs.io/en/stable/

What is a game jam

https://itch.io/jams

Get the most out of a game jam

https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-get-the-most-out-of-a-game-jam–gamedev-437

What is ludum dare

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

Kids’ game jams

http://kidsgamejam.org/en/

game jam tips, tools and resources

https://gamedevelopment.tutsplus.com/articles/16-tips-tools-and-resources-for-your-next-game-jam–gamedev-12084

How to game jam

https://opensource.com/article/17/12/how-to-gaming-jam-development

running a game jam

https://www.gameacademy.com/running-local-game-jam/

history of game jams

https://armorgamesstudios.com/news/the-history-of-game-jams/

That botnet turned my computer into a zombie!

Computerphile: Botnets

https://youtu.be/UVFmC178_Vs

Everything You Need to Know about BOTNETs

https://cytelligence.com/everything-you-need-to-know-about-botnets/

The Mirai Botnet Explained

https://www.csoonline.com/article/3258748/the-mirai-botnet-explained-how-teen-scammers-and-cctv-cameras-almost-brought-down-the-internet.html

The Reaper Botnet

https://www.wired.com/story/reaper-iot-botnet-infected-million-networks/

9 of History’s Notable Botnets

https://www.whiteops.com/blog/9-of-the-most-notable-botnets

The Internet is Mostly Bots

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/bots-bots-bots/515043/

There are Zombies in Our Midst

https://www.nsa.gov/News-Features/News-Stories/Article-View/Article/2003785/there-are-zombies-in-our-midst/

2016 is the year of the bots. But what about zombies?

https://www.aberdeen.com/techpro-essentials/2016-year-bots-zombies?

Slow Loris

https://www.kidscodecs.com/slow-loris-dos-attack/

A Short History of Bots and Robots

https://www.kidscodecs.com/a-short-history-of-bots-robots/

What is a keylogger?

https://www.malwarebytes.com/keylogger/

Top 5 types of keyloggers

https://softwarelab.org/what-is-a-keylogger/

Five common types of Phishing attacks

https://www.itgovernance.eu/blog/en/the-5-most-common-types-of-phishing-attack

Clickfarms

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

What is DDoS?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Denial-of-service_attack

Smart start to summer fun

Alexa Skill Kit

https://developer.amazon.com/en-US/docs/alexa/ask-overviews/build-skills-with-the-alexa-skills-kit.html

Anki Cozmo

https://anki.com/en-us/cozmo.htm

Raspberry Pi

https://www.raspberrypi.org

Anki Cozmo robot

https://ankicozmorobot.com/

Anki Cozmo video

https://www.google.com/search?sxsrf=ALeKk00Oerq3rd_poPm-GGiBVrT1UEwe7Q%3A1588265576468&source=hp&ei=aAKrXp31GeuIggeAnZDwBg&q=anki+cozmo&oq=anki+cozmo&gs_lcp=CgZwc3ktYWIQAzICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAAyAggAMgIIADICCAA6BwgjEOoCECc6BQgAEIMBOgQIABAKULVYWLJuYP5xaANwAHgAgAF4iAGQB5IBAzguMpgBAKABAaoBB2d3cy13aXqwAQo&sclient=psy-ab&ved=0ahUKEwidyferzpDpAhVrhOAKHYAOBG4Q4dUDCAg&uact=5#kpvalbx=_dwKrXtDIJaGd_Qa3wYyoCg80

Raspberry Pi projects

https://makezine.com/2013/04/14/47-raspberry-pi-projects-to-inspire-your-next-build/

Best Raspberry Pi books for beginners

https://makeradvisor.com/best-raspberry-pi-books/

Raspberry Pi STEM kit

http://linuxgizmos.com/teen-launches-raspberry-pi-4-based-stem-kit/

Alexa Skills for kids – video

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hsimp=yhs-SF01&hspart=Lkry&p=alexa+skills+for+kids#id=4&vid=9d1fefb453e5688629307c10bec5937d&action=click

Best Educational Alexa Skills

https://www.weareteachers.com/educational-alexa-skills/

Who’s muscling in on your data?

What Is a Brute Force Attack?

https://www.varonis.com/blog/brute-force-attack/

List of the most common passwords

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

My1Login password strength checker

https://www.my1login.com/resources/password-strength-test/

Brute Force Attack

https://www.cloudways.com/blog/what-is-brute-force-attack/

Types of brute force attacks

https://www.manageengine.com/log-management/cyber-security-attacks/what-is-brute-force-attack.html

How to choose a strong password

https://www.bu.edu/tech/support/information-security/security-for-everyone/how-to-choose-a-strong-password/

Tips for strong passwords

https://home.bt.com/tech-gadgets/computing/8-tips-to-make-sure-your-passwords-are-strong-but-simple-11364015494778

Creating and remembering strong passwords

https://www.skyhighnetworks.com/cloud-security-blog/how-to-create-a-strong-password-you-actually-remember/

Dictionary attacks

https://www.hacksplaining.com/glossary/dictionary-attacks

What is a dictionary attack?

https://www.academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Dictionary_attack

Brute force attack facts

https://kids.kiddle.co/Brute_force_attack

Teaching kids to create secure passwords

www.thedadsnet.com/teaching-kids-make-secure-passwords/

Phishing and password attacks

https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/ap-computer-science-principles/the-internet/cybercrime-and-prevention/a/phishing-and-passwords

Safe password tips for children

https://wezift.com/parent-portal/blog/safe-password-tips-your-child-should-know/

Makey Makey Cool Projects

Makey Makey Labs

https://makeymakey.com/

Makey Makey quickstart

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/makey-makey-quickstart-guide

Makey Makey for educators

https://makeymakey.com/pages/educators

Makey Makey interactive poster

http://workshop49.com/resources/worksheets/makerlab001

Makey Makey games on Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/223260/

What is Maky Maky

http://www.makerspaceforeducation.com/makey-makey.html

Maky Maky Piano – video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQMyf3o-xYo

Maky Maky Bongos – video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIFpalF5KvU

What are your favorite conductors?

https://makeymakey.com/blogs/blog/what-are-your-favorite-conductors

Conductive and non-conductive materials

https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/docs/default-source/Lesson-Ideas/makey-makey/list_of_materials.pdf?sfvrsn=2

Top Five Labz Guides

https://makeymakey.com/blogs/blog/top-5-labz-guides-of-2018

How to connect to the physical world

https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/How_to_Connect_to_the_Physical_World

Integrating Maky Maky into your curriculum

https://en.scratch-wiki.info/wiki/How_to_Connect_to_the_Physical_World

Maky Maky educational games

https://scarfedigitalsandbox.teach.educ.ubc.ca/educational-games-for-makeymakey

Exploring Conductivity

https://whyy.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/phy03.sci.phys.mfe.zcircuit/exploring-conductivity-kid-circuits/

Conductors and insulators

https://www.ducksters.com/science/physics/electrical_conductors_and_insulators.php

Create art and music from Pure Data

Tutorials on Pure Data

https://www.hellocatfood.com/?s=pure+data

Pure Data documentation

http://puredata.info/docs

Making a snare drum in Pure Data

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mfoh0ucl23

What is pure data?

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

Visual programming tools

https://www.postscapes.com/iot-visual-programming-tools/

What is a visual programming language

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

Introduction to Pure Data (video)

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hsimp=yhs-SF01&hspart=Lkry&p=Pure+Data#id=2&vid=dd9faa00504fbd43ea0100af8d17088d&action=click

Pure Data Beginner Tutorial

https://www.instructables.com/id/Beginner-Pure-Data-Tutorial-Basic-Synth/

Max Visual Programming Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_%28software%29

Windows? Shut the Front Door!

What Is MS-DOS?

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/m/msdos.htm

History of Windows

https://www.britannica.com/technology/Windows-OS

Windows 1 footage

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnudvJbAgI0

What is Microsoft windows

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

Brief history of windows

https://www.poweradmin.com/blog/a-brief-history-of-microsoft-windows/

Before Windows

https://www.howtogeek.com/188980/pcs-before-windows-what-using-ms-dos-was-actually-like/

Funny tech words

https://community.spiceworks.com/topic/2035142-tech-puns-it-definitions-that-sound-hilarious-when-taken-literally

Tech term origins

https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/311283

Windows facts for kids

https://kids.kiddle.co/Microsoft_Windows

What is GUI

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/g/gui.htm

Let’s shake on it!

What is a handshake?

https://www.computerhope.com/jargon/h/handshak.htm

Computer handshake definition

https://techterms.com/definition/handshake

What is certificate authority?

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Certificate_authority

Public Key Certificate

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

What is a public key?

https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/definition/public-key

Shared Key and public Key encryption

https://docs.oracle.com/cd/E19047-01/sunscreen151/806-5397/howskipworks-4/index.html

Transport Layer Security

ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transport_Layer_Security

How do computers talk to each other?

https://mashable.com/2012/10/17/tcpip-faq

Encryption facts

https://kids.kiddle.co/Encryption

RSA Algorithm

https://wiki.kidzsearch.com/wiki/RSA_(algorithm)

Secret Codes for Kids

https://www.topspysecrets.com/secret-codes-for-kids.html

Caesar Cipher

https://kids.kiddle.co/Caesar_cipher

Cryptology for Kids

https://www.cerias.purdue.edu/education/k-12/teaching_resources/lessons_presentations/cryptology.html

Break the code

https://www.cia.gov/kids-page/games/break-the-code

Abhay Bhushan: developer of TCP protoco

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

What are the odds?

Basic Python syntax

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_basic_syntax.htm

Python

https://www.kidscodecs.com/python/

For loops vs while loops

https://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/python_loops.htm

How Programming languages control the processing of instructions

https://www.kidscodecs.com/programming-control-flows/

Pygame: a primer

https://realpython.com/pygame-a-primer/

Python while loops

https://www.programiz.com/python-programming/while-loop

For and while loops

https://www.guru99.com/python-loops-while-for-break-continue-enumerate.html

What is double or nothing?

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

Code to the Beat with Sonic Pi

Generating music with Sonic Pi

https://www.twilio.com/blog/2018/05/generating-music-with-sonic-pi-and-ruby.html

Make music with simple code

https://fossbytes.com/sonic-pi-make-music-simple-computer-code/

Live coding with Sonic Pi

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENfyOndcvP0

Live coding online

https://magpi.raspberrypi.org/articles/live-coding-online-sonic-pi

Sam Aaron website

http://sam.aaron.name/blog.html

What is Sonic Pi

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

Computer Music history

http://artsites.ucsc.edu/EMS/music/equipment/computers/history/history.html

Create music using computer

https://video.search.yahoo.com/yhs/search?fr=yhs-Lkry-SF01&hsimp=yhs-SF01&hspart=Lkry&p=create+music+using+computer+code#action=view&id=5&vid=87a0cece3742c79265f452c05e8cd1ae

Live Coding definition

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

CodeGuppy

CodeGuppy

https://codeguppy.com/
https://codeguppy.com/about.html

CodeGuppy Draw with Code Tutorial

https://codeguppy.com/code.html?t=draw_with_code

CodeGuppy p5.js Tutorial

https://codeguppy.com/code.html?t=_p5

p5.js Libraries

https://p5js.org/
http://molleindustria.github.io/p5.play/
https://github.com/mveteanu/p5.SceneManager

LAGEOS

NASA LAGEO Page

https://lageos.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Now 40, NASA’s LAGEOS Set the Bar for Studies of Earth

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2016/now-40-nasas-lageos-set-the-bar-for-studies-of-earth

LAGEOS

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

Associated Press LAGEOS Video (5/2/1976)

http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/655b330326f9ab0b6d211fa7e4d6b37b

The History of Zero

The Origin of Zero

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/history-of-zero/

0

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/0

Who Invented Zero?

https://www.livescience.com/27853-who-invented-zero.html

Zerorigindia

https://www.zerorigindia.org/

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