The Difference Between Scratch and Sprite Lab (from Code.org)

As a trainer for the kids to learn coding in Scratch, I am always interested in finding other useful tools for kids to learn programming. In my previous post, I have compared several popular kids programming tools (check here). In this post, I will make a detailed comparison between Scratch and Sprite Lab editor provided …

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Ways to Make Your Scratch Game Look Attracting – Part I

When we began to create Scratch games, one feeling in common is that we have ideas on how to realise it in code, but why are the pictures so "ugly"? After all, artistic effects play an important role in the human's feeling. If you don't believe, you could just simply remove the backdrop of your …

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What is Flip Classroom?

What is flipped classroom? There is no more accurate definition of flipped classroom than that from the founder of Arfstrom Consulting and executive director of the Flipped Learning Network Kari M. Aarfstrom, PH.D. "In this scenario, teachers record their lectures, which students watch outside of class, and then dedicate class time to doing the homework. …

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Why Should Kids Learn Programming?

Leaning Programming Side by Side "Learn to Code, Code to Learn" - Mitch Resnick Mitch Resnick, Director of the Lifelong Kindergarten program and LEGO Papert Professor of Learning Research at MIT Media Lab, is making his mission to help kids keep the exploration going. It was Resnick and his team build Scratch. Since Scratch was launched in 2007, it …

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