{"id":14059,"date":"2014-09-08T09:44:54","date_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=14059"},"modified":"2014-09-08T09:48:28","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T09:48:28","slug":"kodu-computer-games-design-%e2%80%93-getting-started-help","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/?p=14059","title":{"rendered":"Kodu computer games design \u2013 getting started help"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Kodu is a free application developed by Microsoft to introduce young people to computer games design.\u00a0 This visual programming language allows students to design and build three dimensional games.\u00a0 Kodu can help young people to learn the core concepts of computer science within the context of a project which includes narrative writing, design and maths.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->What Can Kodu Teach?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>logic and problem solving of programming without complex syntax<\/li>\n<li>introduces programming principles such as conditions and sequence<\/li>\n<li> builds real world, 21st century skills by challenging users to analyse a problem deeply and structure their solution \u2013 an approach applicable to all academic subjects, business and personal relationships<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Who Can Use Kodu?<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> can be taught by any teacher, no previous programming expertise required.<\/li>\n<li> provides very good peer learning opportunities.<\/li>\n<li> Senior primary pupils typically have the most success.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How Do I Get Started?<br \/>\nIf you would like help getting started please contact Gary Clark (gary.clark@ea.argyll-bute.sch.uk).<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kodu introduction\" src=\"https:\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/72651192?dnt=1&amp;app_id=122963\" width=\"604\" height=\"339\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; fullscreen; picture-in-picture; clipboard-write\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kodu is a free application developed by Microsoft to introduce young people to computer games design.\u00a0 This visual programming language allows students to design and build three dimensional games.\u00a0 Kodu can help young people to learn the core concepts of computer science within the context of a project which includes narrative writing, design and maths.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":10927,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3347,225,203],"tags":[1987],"class_list":["post-14059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-learning-technology","category-science","category-technology","tag-kodu"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/public\/SAL\/uploads\/sites\/771\/2014\/01\/kodu.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=14059"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14061,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14059\/revisions\/14061"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/10927"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=14059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=14059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ab\/SAL\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=14059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}