To empower future generations with the coding tools and skills they need to thrive in the 21st century workforce and become key actors of Africa's economic development.
Africa Code Week
www.africacodeweek.org/
Fostering Friendships - Enhancing Social Bonds in the Classroom
Africa code week
1. Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
Africa Code Week
Africa Code Week- Oct 1st -Oct 10th ,2015:
Tabaka Boys High School ,Kisii-Kenya.
Google CS First
The DevSchool,Nairobi-Kenya
Kenya
2. What happens when
you put together:
• 1 day
• 2 computer science teachers
• 24 students from 9th – 12th grade of a secondary school
• Google CS First
• Scratch
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
3. Storytelling and games in Scratch
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
4. Once upon a time…
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
6. A sprite needs a password..!!
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
7. CS First is Fun..!!
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
8. What is Scratch?
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
• Scratch is a free programmable toolkit that enables kids to
create their own games, animated stories, and interactive art
and share their creations with one another over the Internet.
• Scratch is a project of the Lifelong Kindergarten
• group at the MIT Media Lab. It is available for
• free at http://scratch.mit.edu
25. Recap
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
Scratch can be used in
storytelling and game making….
26. Time To Have Fun!
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
• Select a story you will present
• Present it with Scratch
– make dialogs
– use broadcasts
– ask questions
– sensing
• Share by publishing it online
27. Sign up for CS First Storytelling
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
28. References
Africa Code Week
www.africacodeweek.org/
Google CS First
www.cs-first.com/studentpage/computer-science-attitudes-survey-2
The DevSchool-Coding School Nairobi ,Kenya
www.thedevschool.org/acw.html
Scratch Edu
http://scratch.mit.edu/
Scratch Wiki
www.wiki.scratch.mitedu/wiki/Scratch_Wiki_Home
Tabaka Boys’ High School
www.tabakaboys.sc.ke
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.
29. End
Coding is a new Language. Every child deserves to be fluent.