Workshop – Coding a game with Scratch
Hands-on programming workshop in which children enter the computing world learning how to create interactive games using Scratch, a graphical programming language developed at the MIT Media Lab.
During the workshop participants learn to program the mouse game (http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/54379394). Step-by-step the participants learn how to develop the game in order to familiarize participants with basic programming concepts and Scratch.
Duration: 3 hours
Age: 8-14 years
Prerequirements:
- Hardware:
- Computer with monitor (minimum of de 14 inches), keyboard and mouse
- Internet access
- Multimedia projector
- Software:
- Browser: Firefox or Chrome
- Operating system: Linux Educacional (version 4 or higher), Linux (any 32 bits distribution), Windows (XP or higher) or Mac OS (version 10 or higher)
- Optional: Adobe Air and SCRATCH off-line installed on the computers
We are sharing the teaching material of the unit for non-commercial applications (Creative Commons Atribuição-NãoComercial-CompartilhaIgual 4.0 Internacional). Currently the material is available only in Brazilian Portuguese.
Reference: Gresse von Wangenheim, C.; von Wangenheim, A. Teaching Game Programming in Family Workshops. IEEE Computer Magazine, 47(8), August 2014.
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