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What is Scratch? | SPARK Programming
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Scratch was created by MIT. It was designed to teach kids how to program so that they could create their own games, videos, and anything you could possibly think of. The website address is scratch.mit.edu. For more information on Scratch, Please visit Scratch Wiki. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window). Click to share on Google (Opens in new window). Click to email this to a friend (Opens in new window).
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Recent Events | SPARK Programming
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Young Codin’ Rebels at UNLV. Las Vegas, NV. 8211; On Saturday, May 21, a crew of UNLV student volunteers and UNLV staff gathered for the 1st annual CreatorCon for Kids. Thanks to our sponsors at Linium. This event was offered for free and all participants got “i create my own games.” shirts. Check out the games they built here. Up Early to Program at Serra High. San Diego, CA. Hour programming class. They made their very own versions of the game and got to share it with the world! The league kicked off o...
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Studios | SPARK Programming
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Check out some of the projects that students have created from previous events on these Scratch Studios (collections of apps):. 8211; Stave Programming League at ServiceNow – San Diego, CA. 8211; QKids at Qualcomm – San Diego, CA. 8211; CreatorCon for Kids at UNLV – Las Vegas, NV. 8211; BYKTWD at Illumina – San Diego, CA. 8211; Serra High School – San Diego, CA. 8211; TiE – San Diego, CA. 8211; ServiceNow HQ – Santa Clara, CA. 8211; Scratch Out Poverty – San Diego, CA. 8211; MIT – Boston, MA. Email check...
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About SPARK | SPARK Programming
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SPARK Programming – Inspiring the Next Generation of Programmers. SPARK stands for Simple Programming and Robotics for Kids. We use technologies including Scratch, LEGO WeDo, Raspberry Pi, ServiceNow VTB and Python. Here are some links to resources:. Scratch – the online IDE is free – http:/ scratch.mit.edu. Python – a free, online IDE by Rice University at http:/ www.codeskulptor.org. Raspberry Pi – resources for your Pi (available at AMAZON) – http:/ www.raspberrypi.org. Young Codin' Rebels at UNLV.
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Programming League | SPARK Programming
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The SPARK Programming League invites middle school and high school students to participate in a fun, team-oriented programming competition focusing on market-driven game development teaching much more than programming fundamentals. The league kicked off with an orientation and hand-on event to get teams started – a copy is posted HERE. 8211; Kickoff Event – July 16, 1-3 PM. Build platform for game. 8211; Team Meetings (on your own). Plan game and start building. Team Meetings (on your own). Click to shar...
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ASTEROIDS from Scratch | SPARK Programming
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In 2 hours this morning, over 100 “kids” of all ages to built their own ASTEROIDS game from Scratch. And by Scratch I mean from a blank slate in MIT’s web based Scratch IDE. The challenge in teaching kids to program is keeping it fun. A 10 minute lesson on variables is not nearly as engaging as a 10 minute programming session trying to figure out how to keep track of how many asteroids your spaceship has destroyed. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window).
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Partners | SPARK Programming
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SPARK Programming is proud to partner with world-class organizations and universities to bring the excitement of programming to kids. To join us in sponsoring the Programming League. SPARK would love to work with your organization to support our mission to Inspire the Next Generation of Programmers at one of our free public events or for a private event for your organization. Contact us. Our current partners include the following organizations:. National Foundation for Autism Research.
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Beginning Class Outline | SPARK Programming
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We teach using a story-based, agile methodology that allows students to learn not only about the technical details of programming but also how to define the requirements (stories) that will be used to develop the application. We introduce students to the programming language by building a game. For example, here is an outline from a recent class. Signing up for an account on Scratch. 930 AM – Build Asteroids. Spaceship design – pick a sprite or design one. Rotate – left/right. Thrust – up.
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SPARK smashes code at CodeSmashXX | SPARK Programming
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SPARK smashes code at CodeSmashXX. Jun 27, 2015. San Diego, CA. 8211; SPARKprogramming worked with Qualcomm to run CodeSmashXX, a girls-only event to create our favorite classic – Asteroids. 8220;I liked that I was able to design my own custom video game. Its cool to be the one creating the game and not playing it.”. Click here to see the studio of all the projects from this event. Share on Facebook (Opens in new window). Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window). Young Codin’ Rebels at UNLV. Las V...