Teach Your Kids to Code: 6 Beginner's Resources for Parents. Introducing computer programming to your kids can be a challenge, especially for those who aren’t familiar with the nuances of code. Fortunately, in the last few years, a number of apps, software, and guides have been produced that make the often-complex subject of computer coding easy to grasp for young learners. So where to begin? These are a few resources that parents can share with their kids to help them start learning about programming.
Programming Tutorials From Made With Code by Google: Google's Made With Code project has a mission of encouraging girls to pursue careers in computer science. The Made With Code projects are easy to follow, and if your kids are completely new to coding, don't fret. Inspiring Articles About Kids Learning to Code Still looking for some ideas? Coding Organizations for Kids For the non-coding parents, it can be difficult to know where to begin. Instant hands-on programming help available 24/7 - HackHands. K12 Learn to code - gear on Pinterest | Programming, Robots and Computers. Code Help and Videos. Fun Programming - video tutorials to learn creative coding. The Nature of Code Video Series | Home. Learn Web Design, Web Development, and More | Treehouse. Code Club | Home. Learn to Code by Doing - Code School.
Shortcodes. What is a shortcode? A shortcode is a WordPress-specific code that lets you do nifty things with very little effort. Shortcodes can embed files or create objects that would normally require lots of complicated, ugly code in just one line. Shortcode = shortcut. Available shortcodes Video [dailymotion] embeds a DailyMotion video. » Full instructions[flickr] embeds a Flickr video. » Full instructions[hulu] embeds a Hulu video. » Full instructions[kickstarter] embeds a Kickstarter video. » Full instructions[ted] embeds a TED Talks video. » Full instructions[twitchtv] embeds a Twitch.tv stream. » Full instructions[ustream] embeds a Ustream.TV video. » Full instructions[vimeo] embeds a Vimeo video. » Full instructions[wpvideo] embeds a VideoPress video. » Full instructions[youtube] embeds a YouTube video. » Full instructions[archiveorg] embeds a video from The Internet Archive. » Full instructions ↑ Table of Contents ↑ Audio [audio] displays uploaded audio file as an audio player.»
Miscellaneous. CS Planning | Junior Computer Science. Greenfoot. Anybody can learn | Code.org. Genius Hour - Where Passions Come Alive - Genius Hour. Vidcode. About CS First | Google CS First. 5 Essential Tools for Teaching Children Software Development. Currently, in mid-2013, we still find people who say they’re fighting with technology and we can assume they have no idea of how electronic devices are used in daily tasks.
Even though it's not necessary that everyone is aware of the exact process that runs in the backend of a smartphone or computer, it's very important to have a general idea about what’s going on in your processor device (some people don't even know that a processor is the device’s brain). Programming as Basic Education Before going any further on the importance of including programming in basic education programs at schools, let's talk a little about the basic sciences that currently are included in these programs. We all know that in basic education we undergo subjects such as physics no matter if when you grow up you will become a physicist; in the same way we take subjects such as math, biology and chemistry regardless of whether we choose or not to be professional mathematician, biologist or chemist.
Final Thoughts. V Motion Project – Part I: The Instrument | Custom Logic Web Blog. Overview The Motion Project was a collaboration between a lot of clever creative people working together to create a machine that turns motion into music. The client for the project, Frucor (makers of V energy drink), together with their agency Colenso BBDO, kitted-out a warehouse space for this project to grow in and gathered together a group of talented people from a number of creative fields.
Producer Joel Little (Kids of 88, Goodnight Nurse) created the music, musician/tech wiz James Hayday broke the track down and wrestled it into Ableton, and Paul Sanderson of Fugitive built the tech to control the music with the help of Mike Delucchi. I also helped with the music side of the tech and built the visuals software with motion graphics warlocks Matt von Trott and Jonny Kofoed of Assembly.
Assembly also produced and directed the music video. The Instrument Unfortunately, this control and flexibility comes at a price… the system has a significant lag. Two Hearts Beat as One Up next.. Teach Kids to Program. Easy Stop Motion Animation for Beginners. Student Project Modules - Stop Motion. Coding in Unity for the Absolute Beginner. Scripting Beginner Checked with version: 4.6 In this session we will introduce coding in C# to the absolute beginner.
This class is for someone who wants to get started, but doesn't know where to begin. We will discuss the very basics of coding, including variables, functions and classes and how to use them. We will also discuss using the most common of Unity's built in functions and when to use them and when to write our own. DemoScript [Revision 1] Code snippet using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class DemoScript : MonoBehaviour { public Light myLight; void Update () { if (Input.GetKey ("space")) { myLight.enabled = true; } else { myLight.enabled = false; } } } DemoScript [Revision 2] using UnityEngine; using System.Collections; public class DemoScript : MonoBehaviour { public Light myLight; void Update () { if (Input.GetKeyDown ("space")) { myLight.enabled = true; } if (Input.GetKeyUp ("space")) { myLight.enabled = false; } } } DemoScript [Revision 3] DemoScript [Revision 4]
ANIMATION CHEFS.