Minecraft lights out puzzle8/5/2023 ![]() I have to think that the kids are going to totally “lava” our workshops this year. Their schoolmates loved HoC’s Angry Birds tutorials last December, with most of the students eagerly snatching up the bookmarks so they had a link to continue coding at home. I’m excited about this because I know it’s going to blow my kids’ minds to get to play Minecraft at school. Kids solve fourteen Minecraft-themed puzzles by writing code (or rather by snapping code together). If you pop open the hood you’ll see some real-deal JavaScript under there. Minecraft tutorials for Hour of Code use a block-based language called Blockly. Jens Bergensten, lead developer at Mojang, tells a story pretty common in the software industry: he was a kid who loved gaming and wanted to make his own video games, one thing led to another, and now he and his pals are gazillionaires. When we had him on Maker Camp 2014 we learned that Jens started making his first games at age 11 using BASIC and Turbo Pascal. That creative digital utopia that every kid loves (and which many teachers do, too), teamed up with to take its bitmapped pickaxe to K-12 education and carve out some space for computer science. New to this arsenal of irresistible and easy-to-use introductions to coding is Minecraft. Let’s get every kid coding. Does your local school give its students this opportunity? If not, you can make a difference! (Courtesy of ) Nearly 2 million people have signed ’s online pledge that “Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn computer science.” This isn’t just about getting the kids you love best to learn. ![]() They do this through the workshops led by people-like you-who have realized that power and want to pass it along to others. HoC coincides with Computer Science Week, and it’s all about mobilizing millions to try their hand at putting together a few instructions, conditionals, and loops as a first taste of how programming works. Since its launch nearly two years ago, has introduced over 100 million people, mostly school kids, to the power of programming. There’s an opportunity in early December to be a part of something bigger: ’s annual Hour of Code (HoC) celebration of all things algorithmic is just a few weeks away. Just about everyone, from ages 4 to 104, could use a little bit of time opening up the black box of all things tech to realize that the future is in their tablet-tickling hands. This doesn’t apply to just kids! It’s so satisfying to teach someone to program. I’m here to tell you how my kids’ elementary took on the challenge to introduce programming to every student at our K–5, and how you too can open up coding to the kids you want to transform into the Makers of tomorrow. How much time do your kids (or you!) spend stuck in front of a screen, poking around in some gamespace? Perhaps in one composed entirely of pixelated blocks ? Fess up! Time to turn those hours of screen time into making time. Showcasing amazing maker projects of 2022 Gift the gift of Make: Magazine this holiday season! ![]() Subscribe to the premier DIY magazine todayĬommunity access, print, and digital Magazine, and more Share a cool tool or product with the community.įind a special something for the makers in your life. Skill builder, project tutorials, and more Get hands-on with kits, books, and more from the Maker Shed A project collaboration and documentation platform.Initiatives for the next generation of makers. ![]()
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