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We were thrilled when Facebook invited us to their Family Hackathon event!<\/p>\n

We had a blast running the hacking sessions at the event last Saturday. Here are some pictures from 1 Hacker Way<\/a>!<\/p>\n

Coding Sessions for Kids<\/h2>\n

During each 1-hour session, kids made interactive greetings, multi-level platformers and even hacked their own custom games.<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

Here are a few finished projects<\/a> published during the event.<\/p>\n

Programming Drones, Robots and More!<\/h2>\n

Programming drones to flip is always fun!<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

\"Kids<\/p>\n

Parents seemed to enjoy teaching their kids to program geometric shapes and trace them with Sphero and Ollie robots using Tynker.
\n\"Mom \"IMG_4608\"<\/p>\n

Thank you, Facebook, for featuring us at your event!<\/p>\n

\"Tynker<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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