Coding With Anna and Elsa: A Frozen Guide to Blockly (Disney Frozen)

Prottsman, Kiki

 
9781541532663: Coding With Anna and Elsa: A Frozen Guide to Blockly (Disney Frozen)

Synopsis

Practice the basics of coding using Blockly. Activities featuring the cast of Frozen and step-by-step instructions guide readers through exercises that teach sequencing, debugging, and more. Readers can try out the skills they learn at a code.org companion site.

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Review

"Do you want to build a snowman . . . by coding? Combining the website Code.org with the cast of the popular Disney film Frozen, this guide introduces readers to computer programming, or coding, through the block-based language Blockly. It should be noted that Code.org is a nonprofit organization dedicated to expanding access to and participation in computer science by female and underrepresented minority students. The website is free to use, but an account is needed to save projects. An initial 'tour' describes the three main areas of the website: the play space where the code runs (and makes drawings), the toolbox where the blocks are stored, and the workspace where you build your code by dragging and manipulating blocks. The bulk of the book, however, comprises increasingly challenging coding projects with step-by-step directions. The end results feature drawings of snowflakes and snowmen that Frozen's Anna and Elsa's ice skates create. Along the way, students learn about sequencing, loops, debugging, patterns, nested designs, functions, and other coding terms. Concluding sections allow children to let it go and design their own coding creations."--Booklist

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About the Author

Kiki Prottsman is curriculum development manager for Code.org, as well as the author of several books, including Computational Thinking and Coding for Every Student and My First Coding Book. In her spare time, Kiki runs an educational YouTube channel called KIKIvsIT, which recently helped her win silver in the coveted 2017 Female Innovator of the Year Award.

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ISBN 10:  1541533003 ISBN 13:  9781541533004
Publisher: Lerner Pub Group, 2018
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