Here are the activities that each group will be working on today:
Newcomers
If this is your very first time here we’re going to do Minecraft Hour of Code, click on the link below to get started. You will need to create an account with a username and password. Pick something that you will remember when you come back next week.
http://studio.code.org/sections/YFNYAS
After you’ve completed the Minecraft Hour of Code continue working your way through the exercises in this course:
http://studio.code.org/join/BXHREW
Click the Sign In button in the top right corner and sign in with the email and password that you used to create your account last week. Then you should see a message on a purple background with an orange Continue button – click the Continue button.
Scratch – Guided
Did you finish the Fish Eating Game from last week?:
You can finish that one or have a go at making this Pong game:
EXTRA CHALLENGE: Use your own ideas to make the game better.
Scratch – Freeform
Continue working on creating your puzzle game. If you did not start one last week, get started now! If you already finished one last week, time to come up with a new idea for your puzzle game. We will work on this project for a few weeks and then do a show and tell.
Remember, start small get something working then expand on it. If you need an idea for a puzzle, here’s one:
This is a 3×3 version of the puzzle. You could start small by starting with a 2×2 version of the puzzle. Once you’ve figured out how to do that then you can expand it by making a 3×3 or a 4×4 version.
Need more inspiration? See this Scratch Puzzle Studio.
Learn JavaScript
Continue working through the lessons on Codecademy to learn JavaScript, just click the link below to get started. Use the login you have already created or if this your first time, start by clicking the Sign Up button in top right corner of screen and create an account for yourself to track your progress.
https://www.codecademy.com/learn/javascript