ONLINE WORKSHOP FOR KIDS
now "EVERYONE CAN CODE"
The "Online Workshop for Kids" program is an initiative to expose students to the world of interactive programming through the use of existing tools i.e., Alice , Blockly or Scratch.
Alice was developed by Carnegie Mellon University while Blockly is a project by Google. Scratch on the other hand, was developed and moderated by the staff of the Scratch Foundation, a nonprofit organization.
Purpose
The purpose of this workshop is to cultivate students' interest in learning computer programming.
https://www.alice.org/
"Alice is used by teachers at all levels from middle schools (and sometimes even younger) to universities, in school classrooms and in after school and out of school programming, and in subjects ranging from visual arts and language arts to the fundamentals of programming and introduction to java courses."
Download link:
https://www.alice.org/get-alice/alice-3/
Sample projects:
https://blockly.games/
"Blockly Games is a series of educational games that teach programming. It is designed for children who have not had prior experience with computer programming. By the end of these games, players are ready to use conventional text-based languages."
Download link:
https://developers.google.com/blockly
Sample projects:
https://scratch.mit.edu/
"With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community.
Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century."
Get started:
https://scratch.mit.edu/projects/editor/?tutorial=getStarted
WHY CHILDREN SHOULD LEARN COMPUTER CODING?
