Gadget Code Camp, August 2015

Gadget Code Camp – Hacking Technology (1 cr)
The main theme of the Code Camp is to explore all of the weird and cool gadgets our laboratory has gathered over the years! What is the neatest and the most novel idea that you can do with all of these devices? Don't hold back! (but try to be realistic: there's only a weekend for the project)
This course is held after the LUT Summer School on the weekend. However, awarded course credits and the signup is separate.

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See more information at http://www.codecamp.fi/open/?q=node/24

What is Code Camp ?

Code Camp is a learning and hacking experience. The code camp approach can be defined as a collaborative learning setting that aims to promote profession-oriented skills. In code camp, the term camp refers to a situation where students assemble and stay a while together. The term code refers to coding, i.e. writing computer programs.

Code Camp Schedule

See the course page at http://www.codecamp.fi/open/?q=node/24

Groups

Three to four person groups are recommended

Group	Application	Name 1	Name 2	Name 3	Name 4	Name 5
grp0	The Intelligent Shopping Cart	Thibaud Andreas	Hieu Tran	Kurosh Farsimadan	Ilkka Tommola
grp1	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp2	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp3	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp4	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp5	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp6	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4
grp7	Team xx	Person 1	Person 2	Person 3	Person 4

Grading ?

Grading is pass/fail. Requirements are a working project and the final presentation.

At the end of the course after the final presentations, the projects will be ranked and judged by the jury. The winning team will win great bragging rights, the very least.

Registration

What are recommended skills for code camp ?

Basic programming experience and a willingness to learn and experiment.

Can I prepare to Code Camp ?

Yes. During code camp week we will brainstorm a software idea, design it and code it. Getting good ideas might sometimes be hard and thinking about different ideas before code camp makes it faster to get into coding part.

Also you can look up the programming environment and read about it before the actual event.

I have a exam in Code Camp week ?

You are free to go exam, but code camp in intensive course and idea is to focus coding during the well, so it is recommended you prepare to exam before the code camp week.

More ?

If you have questions about code camp send email to antti dot knutas at lut dot fi