Olivia Miller's Vidcode Experience

Today is my last day at Vidcode. I’ve had such a great time designing and coding Vidcode’s new 404 page, finding source media, creating a poster on why teachers should teach computer science, writing down alternative Creative Coding II and Creative Coding III activities, going through Creative Coding I activities, and creating blog posts for Vidcode’s website, Vidcode’s tumblr, and my own Vidcode tumblr. I am very thankful for this wonderful opportunity to intern at Vidcode!

Attached is a screenshot of the 404 page that I coded along with all of the code behind that one page.

How to access the 404 page that I coded.

In this “Animate a Rainbow” activity, I made the video change colors using code.

In this “Animoji” activity, I coded the changing emojis on the top left of the screen.

In this “Recreate a Filter” activity, I recreated the night stars video on Vidcode’s Creative Coding I course.

In this "Video Meme” activity, I coded some video effects again.

In this “Conditional Surprise!” activity, I coded some video effects.

The reason why I did not post last week was because I was busy coding Vidcode’s new 404 page, testing all of the Creative Coding I activities and writing down notes whenever I found any bugs, and finding source media that Vidcode can use for future activities. In my next few posts, I will be showing everyone a few of my favorite projects that I coded last week using Creative Coding I.

During my first week at Vidcode I have done various tasks. On Monday, I familiarized myself with Vidcode’s Creative Coding I curriculum by completing various projects and created my Vidcode blog. On Tuesday, I took many notes on how to improve the current Creative Coding III curriculum and came up with alternative project ideas for the curriculum as well. On Wednesday, I created a poster on why teachers should teach computer science, sketched out a few plans for Vidcode’s 404 page, continued familiarizing myself with Vidcode’s Creative Coding I curriculum by creating more projects, and lastly finished up my blog post for this week.

Hello, my name is Olivia Miller and this is my first day as a Vidcode intern. I have a lot of experience in coding/computer programming inside and outside of school. In school, I have taken various coding classes and I am currently the president of Student Technology Leadership Team and C.O.D.E. (coding club). During my summers, I have participated in many coding/computer programming programs, such as Columbia University’s Introduction to Programming in C, iPhone and iPad App Programming from the Ground Up, and Building Web Applications with Python. In addition, I am a regional director and member of the board of directors at a non-profit organization called coderGirls, where I teach young women basic coding skills at the New York Public Library. This upcoming school year, I will be taking AP Computer Science A through the Online School for Girls. I am very excited to learn about and contribute to Vidcode’s curricula over the next few weeks!