Learn to code your own game like Minecraft, Roblox and Animal Crossing
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
Students in Elementary School: Creative Programming will:
- 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: Upon successful enrollment of a section, students will receive a confirmation email from our Student Services team. This email will include a link to an authorization form that is required to be completed within 72-hours of enrollment.
Course Number: CSE-90116
Credit: 1.50 unit(s)
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7/15/2024 - 7/19/2024
$275
In-class
San Diego
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CLASS TYPE:
This is a traditional classroom setting.
All class meetings held in-person according to published location, dates and times. Students may be expected to engage with course content online during the published course dates.
Ruival, Laura
Laura Ruival is a software engineer with 15 years of software development experience. Since graduating from UCSD 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 non-profit organization that brings STEAM subjects to elementary schools in the Alpine Union School District. She is also an instructor for the UCSD Extended Studies Futures program which brings computer science courses to high school students. She also teaches coding camps for Sally Ride Science Academy including Scratch programming for elementary students. Laura is eager to pass on her knowledge and experience in the software industry and make coding accessible to every child.
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POLICIES:
Early enrollment advised.
No UCSD parking permit required.
No visitors permitted.
Pre-enrollment required.
No refunds after: 5/31/2024.
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NOTE:
If a student decides to drop from the course, they can receive a full refund until 5/13/24 and a half refund until 5/31/24. No refunds will be granted starting 6/1/24.
| DATE | DAY | START | END | LOCATION |
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| 7/15/2024 | Mon | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 206, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
| 7/16/2024 | Tue | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 206, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
| 7/17/2024 | Wed | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 206, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
| 7/18/2024 | Thu | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 206, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
| 7/19/2024 | Fri | 9:00 a.m. | 12:00 p.m. | Room 206, UCSD Division of Extended Studies University City Center, 6256 Greenwich Drive, San Diego |
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.