Creator: Microsoft | visit site
Grade Range: 3 - 11
Modify or create your retro games with MakeCode Arcade. Resources on the site include coding tutorials, game design concepts, and courses in coding. Follow the prompts within the tutorials to create unique games using drag and drop code blocks. As you become familiar with coding, expand knowledge with javascript or python. Share using the links or download onto Microsoft game devices if available.
In the Classroom
Use Microsoft Arcade to introduce coding to both new and experienced coders. Share some ideas from the site on an interactive whiteboard (or with a projector), then have students experiment on their own. Encourage students who are comfortable with coding to become classroom experts and explain ideas to other students. Ask them to make recordings using Screencast-o-matic, <a href="/single.cfm?id=9564">reviewed here</a>, to share tips, and demonstrate different features of coding. Use this tool with gifted students for a great challenge. Set up a coding activity center for interested students when they finish classwork or for rainy days and snow days. Share this link on your class website for students to access both in and out of the classroom.
At Home
Coding is an important 20th Century skill and is in high demand in the job market. Share this site with your student to learn about coding in easy to understand terms that also encourage users to continue learning higher-level coding skills.
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game based learning, STEM, computers, coding,