Coding for Kids 2: Create Your Own Animated Stories with Scratch

Aludden, Johan,Gambel, Federica,Figus, Viviana,Vagliasindi, Federico

ISBN 10: 885441218X / ISBN 13: 9788854412187

Published by White Star Kids, 2018

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Title: Coding for Kids 2: Create Your Own Animated ...

Publisher: White Star Kids

Publication Date: 2018

Binding: hardcover

Illustrator: Figus, Valentina

Condition: Very Good

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Synopsis:

These books give young readers a fun approach to coding by means of Scratch 2.0, a programming environment created by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab with the aim of encouraging creative young people to invent and develop interactive games, animations and stories, and to share them with a vast, lively community. The books comprises one-of-a-kind projects aimed at giving a complete overview of the main functions of Scratch. These projects have been tested during coding workshops that take place both in school and after school hours. Each project can also be personalized. This volume focuses especially on using Scratch to create animated stories. The projects are aimed to encourage students to tell their own stories, invent different worlds and create new characters. Starting from simple two-dimensional drawings, they ll learn to build animations through step by step instructions that become increasingly more advanced as they progress. Written especially for ages 8 to 12, the book offers a fresh approach to coding and gives everyone the chance to start from scratch. Don t just buy a new video game make one. Don t just download the latest app help design it. Don t just play on your phone program it.

About the Author:

TEAM CODER KIDS: JOHAN ALUDDEN, Master of Science in Engineering Physics with Applied Mathematics and Sun Certified Java Programmer. For years, he has planned and developed projects for large international companies. He started as a mentor at CoderDojo and then founded CoderKids. Technical manager of the project, he is certain that the code can be clean, as well as functional. FEDERICA GAMBEL, who graduated in Science and Technology Communication, has worked with the digital world since the Nineties. Mother of three children, she is certain that the younger generation can express their strong creativity with the help of new technologies. Moreover, she believes that the task of adults is to help the children not to passively accept what is offered, but to make them active, involved and curious. She has founded CoderKids with Johan, and is the operating arm of the project: she follows the marketing and the communication, and she translates the needs of schools and mothers in projects and experiences.