Beginner Game & Animation Coding in MIT Scratch
Pre-requisite: None
Flexible Start.
Class Time: After 7pm IST.
Class Logistics:
Duration: 12 weeks. One hour class, one day a week + Home assignments and individual projects.
Students in Grades 2 - 4 (Ages 7 - 9).
Max class size of 10 students.
Limited time Promotion: $4 for the first 4 weeks and then $50 total for additional 8 weeks
Immerse in our beginner friendly program where students will start with basics and gradually learn programming concepts with MIT Scratch. Students will learn many debugging techniques in their journey to become independent problem solvers. Take the first steps into the world of coding in a fun and engaging learning environment!
Technical Concepts:
- Build multiple visual games and animations using a very simple yet powerful tool.
- Learn about variables, movements, and visual effects.
- Code simple and nested loops, conditional statements, and multiple algorithms.
- Explore creative design as they code many games and visual applications.
Program FAQs
What are the classes like?
- Classes are all VIRTUAL. Students will join promptly on time, and classes will be an hour long.
- We take a discussion and brainstorming based approach.
- We encourage students to think of problems and objectives from different angles and come up with different solutions. Students thereby learn from each other's diversity of thinking.
What if my child misses a class?
- Zoom recordings will be posted on the Google classroom site to view after the class session.
- Please notify us if you are aware of your child missing a class prior to the start of class.
- Attendance is taken each class, but communication will help all parties involved!
Will there be homework?
- We do assign moderate home work every week, and students share their work in class.
- We also assign projects at appropriate junctures.
How can parents help?
- Ask your child what they are learning. Having them explain is a great way to help them retain concepts.
- Remind them to finish their home assignments.
- Help them with brainstorming but please avoid doing the work for them.
What type of device will my child need?
- Any of the following: Chromebook, Windows, MAC
Learning HOW TO CODE is not hard at all for kids these days. In fact, if you are just looking for your child to learn to code, we would not advise you to spend money on any workshop or program. There are plenty of free resources available online that will teach your child some coding in less than a month.
Why then, you may ask, do we offer such a prolific technology program here at Thinking Feet?
At Thinking Feet, we do not believe in spoon feeding code - we do not simply tell students what to do. Many programs take that approach but then your child is essentially learning how to follow instructions in technology.
At Thinking Feet, we do hold their hands in the early learning stages but very soon we let our students lead the way through a unique classroom methodology that fosters brainstorming, creative thinking and Technology Leadership.
Our students learn to take risks & chances, and embrace failure along the way to learning and success. This has implications beyond just technology enrichment. This journey of coaching and development takes time, which is why our programs span 8 - 12 weeks per unit. To meet this objective, we develop our own curriculum...none of the available online curriculum (free or paid) come even close to what we offer.
What do our classrooms look like?
In our classrooms, you will find a lot of student participation, diverse sets of ideas and thoughts flying all across. Students will experiment, make mistakes and learn as they go through their coding journey. The energy is palpable.
Students learn as much if not more from each other's creative thoughts, as they do from the coach.
