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The first quarter of 2015 has seen Lach Howarth, our Clubhouse Coordinator, running regular outreach sessions with Calwell High School and Wanniassa School Senior Campus. The sessions are being run in community spaces within the school, such as the library and the wellbeing rooms, and involve up to 10 students at a time. During the […]

This week at the Clubhouse Kerbal Space Program has been very popular. Kerbal Space Program is a computer program that simulates the solar system and allows users to design, launch and control spaceships. Lach set the challenge for anyone to work out how to orbit Kerbin (the equivalent of Earth) and we had a few […]

This week we had a very exciting Skype call with the Naenae Computer Clubhouse in Lower Hutt, New Zealand. It was fantastic to see our members having conversations with Clubhouse members from another country, discussing everything from the weather to projects they’re working on, from their favourite programs to use to the time difference, and […]

We had a fantastic time at the Clubhouse this week with lots of cool projects happening. Some particular highlights are the Adobe Youth Voices (AYV) video project being planned by some of our members to show the benefits of upgrading the local skate park, a complete strip down and rebuild of a computer with mentor […]

Check out some of the photos from last Friday’s session. Lots of LittleBits, Lego, Scratch programming and 3D design going on!

January is a quiet month for some, but we’re all systems go at the YWCA Computer Clubhouse! After receiving ten copies of Adobe Photoshop Elements late last year, digital imaging has been the flavour of the month here at the Clubhouse. A favourite starter project for our members has been to add pictures of animals to local scenery. To do this, members have taken photographs using […]