Create Games with Scratch Block Coding
Are you a fan of games like Minecraft, Roblox and Animal Crossing? Learn to use block coding in the Scratch programming language to create your own games.
As they learn to use Scratch, students will develop their computational thinking skills while exploring their personal interests. We will cover concepts such as sequences, loops, parallelism and events. Students will practice creating interactive games and animated movies using block coding. They will discover that they can be designers and creators instead of just consumers of technology. No prior programming experience is necessary – bring only your imagination.
What You Will Learn
Learn to create animated movies and interactive games using block coding in the Scratch programming language.
- Become familiar with the Scratch online community and Scratch community guidelines.
- Get an introduction to computational thinking.
- Explore concepts such as sequences, loops, parallelism and events.
- Learn to use experimenting and iterating, testing and debugging, reusing and remixing, and abstracting and modularizing.
- Understand how to create interactive games and animated movies with block coding.
- Develop strategies for debugging a project.
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Note: In response to COVID-19 health guidelines, we have restructured our in-person Junior Academy workshops as
online courses. Contact us at srs@ucsd.edu if you have questions.
Course Number: CSE-90044
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)
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7/11/2022 - 7/15/2022
$175
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CLASS TYPE:
Synchronous web-based class meetings that are scheduled to meet online at published times (time/date).
Ruival, Laura
Laura Ruival is a software engineer with 15 years of software development experience. Since graduating from UC San Diego, she has continued to learn everything she can about coding while pursuing a career as a software engineer. In 2018 Laura began teaching coding and robotics for Alpine Education Foundation, a nonprofit organization that brings STEAM subjects to elementary schools in the Alpine Union School District. She is also an instructor for UC San Diego Extension's Program Your Future program, which brings computer science courses to high school students, and she teaches coding workshops for Sally Ride Science Junior Academy. She recently completed the iOS Programming with Swift certification at UCSD Extension and earned the App Dev with Swift Certified User certification fro...Read More
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POLICIES:
1st meeting mandatory.
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 7/5/2022.
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NOTE:
This is a ELEMENTARY SCHOOL level course. Instructor will email student with Zoom information 24-hours in advance of start date. Please note this email will go to the student email on file, and not the parent email. The course runs the first two hours with an optional office hour the last hour. Supply list: One College Ruled Solid Composition Notebook Black by Unison
| DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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| 7/11/2022 | Mon | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | |
| 7/12/2022 | Tue | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | |
| 7/13/2022 | Wed | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | |
| 7/14/2022 | Thu | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | |
| 7/15/2022 | Fri | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | |
There are no sections of this course currently scheduled. Please contact the Pre-College Programs department at 858-534-0804 or precollege@ucsd.edu for information about when this course will be offered again.