Our Code-A-Drone Workshop

We visited Hack Oldham once again for our Lego Stop Motion and Code-A-Drone workshops, we opened up another opportunity to get young people down and take part in our fun and creative sessions, learning new skills along the way.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">The drones are up and flying with <a href="https://twitter.com/MakoEducationUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MakoEducationUK</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/loveoldham?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#loveoldham</a> <a href="https://t.co/8v5shY3LaS">pic.twitter.com/8v5shY3LaS</a></p>โ€” Hack Oldham (@HackOldham) <a href="https://twitter.com/HackOldham/status/957559735288520704?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 28, 2018</a></blockquote><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great afternoon of code a drone <a href="https://twitter.com/MakoEducationUK?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@MakoEducationUK</a><a href="https://twitter.com/makeliverpool?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@makeliverpool</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/drone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#drone</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/coding?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#coding</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/codeAdrone?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#codeAdrone</a> <a href="https://t.co/QJkHkRvF8F">pic.twitter.com/QJkHkRvF8F</a></p>โ€” Paul Foster (@P_Foster_Mako) <a href="https://twitter.com/P_Foster_Mako/status/954725451288727552?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 20, 2018</a></blockquote><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] --><script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script><!-- [et_pb_line_break_holder] -->

Congratulations to all of our budding drone pilots!

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<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BefUvlBl5oB/" data-instgrm-version="8" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BefUvlBl5oB/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">Paulโ€™s walking our budding coders through their preflight checks before they take their drones to the air. #DroneCoding #CodingWorkshop #DroneWorkshop #Instadrone #Instacode #youngcoders</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makoeducationuk/" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> MakoEducation UK</a> (@makoeducationuk) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-01-28T10:15:47+00:00">Jan 28, 2018 at 2:15am PST</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>

Our Lego Stop Motion Workshop

<blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BefrxqJFlFF/" data-instgrm-version="8" style=" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:658px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);"><div style="padding:8px;"> <div style=" background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:50.0% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"> <div style=" background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div> <p style=" margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BefrxqJFlFF/" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank">The #LegoAnimation fun has just begun at @hackoldham. Loss of great ideas floating around from our #younganimators. Check out our YouTube channel later to see what they make. #StopMotion #Animation #AnimationWorkshop #LegoFun</a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by <a href="https://www.instagram.com/makoeducationuk/" style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px;" target="_blank"> MakoEducation UK</a> (@makoeducationuk) on <time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime="2018-01-28T13:37:03+00:00">Jan 28, 2018 at 5:37am PST</time></p></div></blockquote> <script async defer src="//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js"></script>
The results of the workshop are all posted onto our Youtube channel so videos can be shared with at home or passed onto friends. Check out the creations made by all of our young animators within the two hour workshop.

The Finished Videos

We’d like to thank all of our participants for attending and taking part in the session in Oldham!