2017 Event

Dev Day Yuma's 2017 event is on Saturday, February 25th, 2017 at AWC's Schoening Conference Center. The event starts at 8 AM and ends at 4 PM. Lunch is provided for all participants. To learn more about the day's agenda, see the "Event Agenda" section below.

Free bus transportation for San Luis High School students is available from San Luis high school; students are also welcome to arrange their own transportation.

Laptop computers are provided for each team; the Scratch environment is installed on each laptop.  Individual participants are welcome to bring their own wireless devices for research, learning, testing, review and email or messaging collaboration.

Date: Saturday, February 25, 2017

Time: 8 AM - 4 PM

Location:  Schoening Conference Center at Arizona Western College (AWC) - 2020 S Ave 8 E, Yuma, AZ 85365.

Lunch: lunch is be provided free of charge for all participants. 

Transportation: free bus transportation for San Luis High School students is available from San Luis High School

Equipment: Internet-enabled laptops are provided to each team; individual participants are also welcome to bring their own wireless devices.  

8:00 AM - Welcome and event overview - Tom Tyree
8:05 AM - Overview of computer hardware and software - Bob Cuckler
8:15 AM - Introduction to Scratch - Part 1 
9:15 AM - Break
9:30 AM - Introduction to Scratch - Part 2 (moved to lunch session)
10:15 AM - Introduction to the coding exercises 
10:25 AM - Development process tips & guidelines - Bob Cuckler and Sam Peffers (canceled)
10:30 AM - Students work in teams - morning session
12:00 PM - Lunch (1 hour)
12:30 PM - Software industry overview (20 min.) - Bob Cuckler (Zone 5 Media), Conrad Hernandez (Trax International), Sam Peffers (UA Yuma, and Kevin Imes (STEDY)
1:00 PM - Students work in teams - afternoon session
3:00 PM - Student teams show and share apps
3:55 PM - Closing comments - Tom Tyree
4:00 PM - Dev Day Yuma 2017 event ends