Feel free to share the following youth & teen programs with families in your library: 4-H Coding Weekend Workshop-An Intro to Coding: Saturday and Sunday April 10 & 11, and May 22 & 23, 2021- Registration DEADINE - Registration closes Wednesday, April 7th @ Midnight! The 4-H Coding Weekend Workshop will help you discover your passion for technology and enable you to continue practicing throughout high school. This course includes 4-days (2 weekends) of virtual instruction to hone your coding skills. Whether you have prior computer coding knowledge, or have never even thought about it, you will gain valuable coding experience and skills. By the end of the workshop, you will learn to develop with your own tech ideas; design and code a website from scratch! Specific coding languages taught during the program include HTML, CSS, JS, Ruby, Rails, and Github. WHERE: Virtually via Zoom WHO: Youth currently in grades 9-12. COST: The cost to attend this four-day workshop (2 weekends) is $150 and includes tech support and program fees. MATERIALS REQUIRED: Computer with internet and the ability to do video conferencing (microphone and webcam). FOR MORE INFORMATION, TO REGISTER, AND PAY: https://events.anr.msu.edu/4HCodingWeekendWorkshop/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.anr.msu.edu%2F4HCodingWeekendWorkshop%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C368e3ae6522a4b9253fb08d8ed3a0139%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637520180708351348%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=wiYiInSA7bIsSJlAc3V0ed4F5JTPp9178DFDiqaYu00%3D&reserved=0> Space is limited to 20 participants. This workshop is offered in collaboration with CodeNow and Code Nation. Questions? Contact Christine Miller at MSU Extension at 517-552-6905 or email johns832@msu.edu<mailto:johns832@msu.edu>. 4-H Dance Party SPIN Club will begin on Monday, April 12th and end Friday, April 16th, registration closes on April 8th. This club will meet virtually every day from 4-5:15pm EST. Explore computer coding by programming your own Dance Party! This is an introduction to computer coding. Participants will need access to the internet to go to the coding site. This 4-H SPIN Club is FREE and OPEN to 4-H and non-4-H members ages 8 to 14. For more information and to register, please visit: https://events.anr.msu.edu/4HDancePartySPINClub/<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fevents.anr.msu.edu%2F4HDancePartySPINClub%2F&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C368e3ae6522a4b9253fb08d8ed3a0139%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637520180708361303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=m%2FrEHIwcUAo91Us9AzJrwRSplGZvKtZZuNZY9bPJXrg%3D&reserved=0>. This 4-H SPIN Club will meet virtually via Zoom<https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fzoom.us%2Fdownload&data=04%7C01%7CLancasterC5%40michigan.gov%7C368e3ae6522a4b9253fb08d8ed3a0139%7Cd5fb7087377742ad966a892ef47225d1%7C0%7C0%7C637520180708361303%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=cjwIGNwgVtj5pXuAjSYrRBbgeqhE03g0wUm8%2FNx8214%3D&reserved=0> (both computer and smartphone accessible). Zoom link information will only be sent to event registrants that complete their 4-H Online enrollment by April 8th (Club is listed under Livingston County - SPIN Club Dance Party Club). Questions? Contact Christine Miller at MSU Extension at 517-552-6905 or email johns832@msu.edu<mailto:johns832@msu.edu>. Thank you and have a great day, Christine Miller MSU Extension Livingston County 517-552-6905 (office) 517-375-6337 (cell) johns832@msu.edu<mailto:johns832@msu.edu> Cathy Lancaster Youth Services Coordinator Library of Michigan 702 W. Kalamazoo St. Lansing, MI 48915 My Pronouns: She/Her - See www.mypronouns.org<http://www.mypronouns.org/> to learn more. LancasterC5@michigan.gov<mailto:LancasterC5@michigan.gov> | 517-335-8129 | www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan<http://www.mi.gov/libraryofmichigan> Follow us: Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/libraryofmichigan/> | Twitter<https://twitter.com/libraryofmich> | Instagram<https://www.instagram.com/libraryofmichigan/>
