What Problems Will a Child Encounter When Designing a Scratch Game? – A Real Example

My son recently is busy on designing his first big Scratch project. Previously he usually followed tutorials or realized partial functions of a big project. Now he is planning to finish a project with his own for the first time. We brainstormed several ideas and he then sat in front of the computer, ready to …

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Parent Guide – Use Code.org to Teach Your Kids Coding – You Could Do It!

As a instructor for kids coding, I often explore different tools and platforms related to kids cocoding. As we know, the best way to verify a tool is to use it by kids themselves. Today I would introduce the courses from http://www.code.org and how to use it to create fun for my 7-year old kid. …

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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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