Program for Snap!shot 2020




Welcome
presented by Brian Harvey, Lauren, Dan Garcia, Michael Ball
Welcome to Snap!shot 2020! đź‘‹
Join us in Zoom for the main sessions. When you're logged into snapcon.org there will be a link at the top of the page that says "Join Live Event". Click on that to join us. You may join anonymously or via the browser if you'd like. However, for the best experience we recommend you download the Zoom app from [zoom.us](https://zoom.us/download#client_4meetin...
more 9:00 am - 9:10 am Snap!Shot Zoom RoomSocial Hall
Use this room to socialize with others during the conference!
The social hall uses a new tool called Ohyay. They recommend the Chrome browser, but any should work. Click the link above to join a room. (You do not need an account.)
9:00 am - 12:00 pm Social Room


Inventing Together
with members of the Snap! Team
presented by Jadga Hügle, Jens Mönig, Bernat Romagosa
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/keynote-keynote/4820
Presented by Jadga Huegle, Jens Mönig, and Bernat Romagosa.
9:10 am - 9:40 am Snap!Shot Zoom RoomInter-Rest Break
Break time! Get up and stretch or grab some food.
We encourage everyone to join us in the Social Room if they'd like!
9:40 am - 9:50 am Snap!Shot Zoom RoomRound 1 Lightning Talks
Lightning talks from our first round of 6 speakers!
Round 1 Sessions:
- Math with Snap!: Some Examples from a Related Math Library - Eckart Modrow
- Create An(y) Embroidery Design in 5 Minutes - Jadga Huegle
- Differentiable Snap! - Kartik Chandra
- Translating BJC into Dutch - Ramon Moorlag
- A Pie Chart Generator - Peter Franko
- How to Make An Eightball (Fortuneteller) With Wri...

Math with Snap!: Some Examples from a Related Math Library
presented by Eckart Modrow
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-math-with-snap-some-examples-from-a-related-math-library/4826
Many students, especially when they study subjects that are not related to mathematics, have problems understanding how mathematics works. Therefore, I am planning a mathematics lecture especially for teacher students of...
more 9:55 am - 10:00 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Create An(y) Embroidery Design in 5 Minutes
Combining Snap! and Turtlestitch
presented by Jadga HĂĽgle
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-create-an-y-embroidery-design-in-5-minutes/4821
This talk is about creating embroidery designs by combining Snap!'s list feature with the embroidering capabilities of Turtlestitch.
An image can be imported into Snap! and its contours can be redrawn with another sprite. The coord...
more 10:00 am - 10:05 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Differentiable Snap!
presented by Kartik Chandra
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-differentiable-snap/4823
What happens if we combine the lambda calculus with… regular calculus? We get a new superpower: the ability to take derivatives of Snap! programs. And what could we do with that? The possibilities are endless: automatic differentiation enables project that ...
more 10:05 am - 10:10 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Translating BJC into Dutch
presented by Ramon Moorlag
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-translating-bjc-into-dutch/4822
With the translation of BJC in the Dutch language and context, we learned a lot.
I think this story can add value to the Snap! Shot on 12-12. I can share the story and help others with their translation efforts. And having a lot of fun in the pro...
more 10:10 am - 10:15 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
A Pie Chart Generator
presented by Adam Franko
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-a-pie-chart-generator/4819
This is a generator made in Snap! that allows you to create a pie chart using the pen.. It is used by first creating a circle for the outline, and then a sprite talks you through the steps of what you need to do in order for you to generate your pie c...
more 10:15 am - 10:20 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
How to Make an Eightball (Fortuneteller) with Written Extra Answers
presented by David Muehlbacher
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-how-to-make-a-eightball-fortuneteller-with-written-extra-answers/4824
EIGHTBALL FORTUNE TELLER Subject in questions! How is a eightball designed? How are extraanswers designed(as list)? How are they written (with pen)? Is it funny for students? (SPOILERALERT!!: Yes it is!!!°) F...
more 10:20 am - 10:25 am Snap!Shot Zoom RoomQ&A Session 1
Break
Round 2 Lightning Talks
Lightning talks from our second round of 6 speakers!
Round 2 Sessions:
- Towards Building Your Own Autograder in NetsBlox - Brian Broll
- Using Hyperblocks to Solve Word Analogy Problems - Ken Kahn
- How Much CS Does an Artist Need? - Joachim Wedekind
- Snap! in Moodle - Joan Guillén i Pelegay
- Balancing Project Based Learning with Building Competencies - Tyler Beatty
- Geospati...

Towards Building Your Own Autograder in NetsBlox
presented by Brian Broll
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-towards-building-your-own-autograder-in-netsblox/4828
Autograding is a valuable mechanism for assessment which facilitates scaling a curriculum to a much broader audience. Perhaps the best example can be found in the case of massive open online courses through platforms like Course...
more 11:00 am - 11:05 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Using Hyperblocks to Solve Word Analogy Problems
Using Arithmetic to Solve for X in "Man is to woman as king is to X"
presented by Ken Kahn
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-using-hyperblocks-to-solve-word-analogy-problems/4818
Word embeddings use machine learning to turn words into lists of 300 numbers. By doing some addition and subtraction on these lists using Snap!'s hyperblocks one can solve word ana...
more 11:05 am - 11:10 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
How Much CS Does an Artist Need?
Programming Art with Snap!
presented by Joachim Wedekind
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-how-much-cs-does-an-artist-need/4830
If an artist wants to make digital art (pictures, installations ...) of course knowledge of suitable tools is needed. But soon the question arises whether the knowledge of the tools is sufficient or whether real computer science skills are neces...
more 11:10 am - 11:15 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Snap! in Moodle
Snap! Arrives to Your Campus with New Submission Plugins for Your Moodle Assignments
presented by Joan Guillén i Pelegay
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-snap-in-moodle/4829
Presentation (demo) of the new Moodle plugins for the Snap! family. We have now Snap!, Snap4Arduino, BeetleBlocks and TurtleStitch submission plugins in Moodle and also the possibility to build your own Snap! distro plugin.
You can *add Snap...
more 11:15 am - 11:20 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Balancing Project Based Learning with Building Competencies
The Design of a Project Based Programming Course for Beginners and Novice Programmers
presented by Tyler Beatty
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-balancing-project-based-learning-with-building-competencies/4827
Can Backwards Design or Understanding by Design adequately equip teachers to design meaningful learning experiences? ... I argue they don't when teaching programming skills.
In an ideal world, the time spent in any...
more 11:20 am - 11:25 am Snap!Shot Zoom Room
Geospatial Visualization of COVID Cases in 2020
Using Map, Group, and Sort
presented by Matthias Giger
Join the conversation for this session on the Snap! Forum - https://forum.snap.berkeley.edu/t/lightning-talks-geospatial-visualization-of-covid-cases-in-2020/4825
This project shows how you can visualize larger datasets in Snap! and even animate them over time by using the "Frequency Distribution Analysis" and the "World Map" libraries.
It allows students to have insight in data from th...
more 11:25 am - 11:30 am Snap!Shot Zoom RoomQ&A Session 2
Break
Post Conference Social