Spiral Jam is an exciting and fun creative coding workshop for second level students (typically TY and above). It runs for five hours with a one hour break in the middle. The workshop consists of:

• Yoga
• Breathwork
• Singing
• Trigonometry
• Colors and shapes
• Teamwork
• Programming in Python
• Generative art

It is open to students all fitness levels and abilities and no special clothes or equipment are needed.

Students finish the day with their own unique piece of generative art, that they will have created using the tools and techniques they learn in the workshop. The art can be used as desktop wallpaper, printed on a tee-shirt or the students can continue to work on the code and develop their programming and artistic skills further.

It is a great introduction to programming that engages all the senses, encourages students to be creative with technology and promotes healthy life.

Spiral Jam has been a part of the TU Dublin Computing Academy since 2012.