10 places where anyone can learn to code. Teens, tweens and kids are often referred to as “digital natives.”
Having grown up with the Internet, smartphones and tablets, they’re often extraordinarily adept at interacting with digital technology. But Mitch Resnick, who spoke at TEDxBeaconStreet, is skeptical of this descriptor. Sure, young people can text and chat and play games, he says, “but that doesn’t really make you fluent.” Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code Fluency, Resnick proposes in this TED Talk, comes not through interacting with new technologies, but through creating them.
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Kodu and the Circuit of Reflective Action. Reflections on a quick lesson using Kodu – a piece of game creating software.
Kodu is a free piece of software for PC (and Xbox – it is created by Microsoft) that enables children to create their own 3D, virtual-world games. Like Scratch, it allows children to experience a relatively basic approximation of ‘coding’. Using a graphical interface, children select the commands that make up the ‘code’, rather than needing to know the variables and commands in advance. One game, two players – exploring possibilities in Kodu. Alice.org. A Plethora of habitat websites and activities. Featured Post What it is: Kerpoof is one of my favorite creation tools for elementary students, it allows them to draw, create pictures, cards, books, and even movies.
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