2012 Classes

Scratch (scratch.mit.edu) makes it easy to create interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art, and share these creations on the web. Scratch is designed to enhance the technological fluency of young people, helping them learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important mathematical and computational ideas, and they gain a deeper understanding of the process of design. More info: bit.ly/dcfk

Python (www.python.org) is used for creating games, websites, and much more. Python is a real programming language used by professionals (Google, for example, has lots of Python programmers). One class project will be a simple text adventure game. This introductory class will not do much with graphics. More info: bit.ly/dcfk

Kojo (www.kogics.net/kojo) enables play, exploration, and learning in the areas of computer programming, math and science, systematic and computational thinking, art, music, and creative thinking. Kojo uses the Scala programming language, which runs on Java. More info: bit.ly/dcfk