Join OFPL at the Children & Youth Library every Wednesday at 4:00 PM for an interactive, hands-on tech program for tweens & teens. Stimulate your creative thinking and learn how to use computer coding to create art, tell stories, and design games!

• September 7th - Introduction to Scratch - Learn the basics of a visually-based type of coding called block coding, as well as how to use the free programming interface Scratch.

• September 14th -  Animate a Name - Pick a name or word and then use Scratch to write block code that brings the letters to life through animation, sound, and music.

• September 21st - Introduction to Scratch - Two characters meet in a world and discover a surprising object. Decide what happens next by creating a story with block code.

• September 28th - Introduction to Scratch - Use block code to create repeating events that animate an ocean wave.  Tell a story that takes place on the high seas!