Sep 17How not only we built the 3D block puzzle game from scratch but also built our team and confidence 🧩Intro Introducing Team Avocado! We are a small group consisting of Audrey Paleczny, Evan Li, and Nina Li, our coach, Mr. V, and assistant coach, Siu Wu. We’ve been working on a game project since June of 2021, though we’ve been working as a group since March of 2020. Even…8 min read
Sep 10Note blasters’ music & tech journey just taking off 🎶Who We Are We are a group of highly motivated high schoolers who formed this team because of our shared interests and experiences in music and coding. Music was definitely a major part of our education, and we’ve found that it permeates everyday life. Our team decided to create Noteblast after observing the…AI3 min read
Aug 12Unforgettable summer internship with ACF stem camps 👩🏻💻Seungho L(High school intern for Lego Mine storm & Arduino camps) ACF summer camp internship is a valuable experience for anyone who is looking for exposure to the real world. Having a real-life experience can grow your knowledge and learn more about yourself. Teaching students for several hours every day…STEM4 min read
Aug 3Escaping into the Global Teen Founder Community at the 1517 SummitAs our project progresses, the importance of networking, as well as the importance of pitching and receiving feedback on our project from industry professionals increases exponentially. …10 min read
May 19BerriBasket team’s first expedition 🍓to farmer’s market 👩🏻🌾 Coach Conner’s Reflection It was a fantastic experience to visit the Palo Alto’s farmers market and have an opportunity to have a conversation with real farmers and active customers. The environment at the farmers market felt very down-to-earth with relaxing music playing and people everywhere having…4 min read
Nov 24, 2021Mentoring (chess game + environment) project for 3 middle schoolers for a year during the tough times…By Grant Cheng(ACF Startup team “Ecohero” coach) After more than a year of work, the Ecohero team has slowly but surely created their environmentally-based chess app from scratch. Alvin, Dohyun, and Jarron have gone from no experience in JavaScript to developing a full-blown, competition-worthy chess app built almost entirely from…5 min read
Nov 23, 20215 Things I Learned About Leadership and Project Management With A High School Startup TeamBy Michael Vaganov In February 2020, just before the pandemic lockdowns began, a small team of humble high school students got together to form a startup team with Applied Computing Foundation: Tong (a full stack web developer in a high school senior costume), Audrey (an archetypal over scheduled teen Zoomer)…12 min read
Sep 18, 2021One year of MAC(Monthly App Challenge) Journey 🙌~MAC Team Blog 2021 Who We Are: Our Monthly App Challenge (MAC) Team mainly consists of a group of high schoolers who connected through our passion for coding to provide a platform for everyone which includes both adults and kids where they can refine their coding skills and apply their coding knowledge to…9 min read
Sep 17, 2021Why “EN(Engineering Notebook)” is essential fabric of teen entrepreneurship & K~12 coding classrooms📓For your K-12 Coding Classrooms: Engineering Notebook In your classroom, how can you measure student topic understanding? Have students understood the concept? Can they successfully code outside the classroom? What is an Engineering Notebook? Engineering notebook, developed in a Google Doc, allows students to organize their learnings and reflect on them. While capturing learning minutes for the…3 min read
Sep 9, 2021Pithon Protector’s journey 🐍 🎮In this class, Python Math Entrepreneurship, Andrew, Adrian, and I (Jonny) created the team. Our mission is to create a fun and educational game to help the underserved communities and enhance their learning. This game that we are making is free and aims to help middle school students. After discussing…5 min read
