Our first two weeks we were able to make games, two with a team and one on our own.
For the first two we used the Scratch program

The first game we were tasked to make was a Pong like game using the Scratch program.
We worked in a group of two to make this game, and were able to successfully
able to get it to work with few bugs. For our second game we made a platformer game with a
group of 3 or 4. We had to design the game and make it in Scratch.
We werent able to completely finish the game, but did figure out how to make it work.

The game we made individually were text adventure games. We learned
how to utilize user input so that when a player responds to the
prompt the game outputs a response depending on the input of the player.
I think making this game was my favorite project we did as
I love games that give you options to choose from.

Throughout our time at the program we worked on our own personal portfolio websites
after our Scratch lesson. We used it as a sort of digital resume. It was really cool to be
able to make my own personal website and have it posted live for other people to look at.
Initially it was really difficult to get my website to work on github, the hosting site we used
to get it to get our websites online, as the layout was difficult for me to understand at first.
I eventually got used to it and learned how to use the site properly

One of the most difficult to figure out projects we had was the Obamicon image project. We had to
figure out how to make an Obamicon image using code only. This project frustrated everyone
in my class as we just had the hardest time figuring it out, but once we did finally get the code
right we turned every picture on our computers or pictures we copied off the internet into an Obamicon.

We got to program robots to move, sing and dance! We seperated into groups to make
the robots dance, which was tons of fun as once we learned the code using arduino.
We got to have a dance competition between other groups, which my group won
might I add. Getting to make the robots sing was the most fun since we had all the
robots sing "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" in different keys.

Around week two of the program we recieved mentors! They were there to help us throughout
our time in the program. They helped us learn how to make portfolios, resumes, and college
information. My mentor, Rebecca Kern, helped me learn more about my chosen career as a visual artist.
She connected me with other artist and events going on in the area, and possible schools to attend.
My mentor was super helpful to me and I am so glad I was able to work with her.

We got to go on many fieldtrips during our time at Girls Who Code, my
favorite being the trip to Tech Village and getting to go to Georgia Tech to see
the robotics lab and interactic with their robots. All the fieldtrips had something unique
to them that we learned that helped us better ourselves and our projects