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New Dummies Junior Titles for the Digital Generation
Closing Date: 31st May 2016
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Getting Started with Coding: Get Creative with Code!
With current initiatives such as the BBC micro:bit encouraging children to develop programming skills, Getting Started with Coding is an ideal first step to introduce children to simple coding concepts. Over the course of three easy-to-follow projects, young readers can create a computer game, simulation and design tool. Using the MicroWorlds EX tool, a platform designed specifically to teach coding to young students, the projects include:
- Art toy - a project that teaches how to create graphics and apply code to make the graphics into things
- Traffic Dodge - a game based on the arcade classic 'Frogger' that teaches how to make things that respond to motion and collision commands
- Happy Birthday - a simulation that introduces score-keeping and maths into coding
Making YouTube Videos: Star in Your Own Video!
Using simple and fun projects, Making YouTube Videos introduces young people to the skills required to shoot, edit and share video on the channel. It provides an ideal entry point for students needing basic exposure to the technology behind making and sharing video without the requirement to invest a lot of time or money into the effort.
Author Nick Willoughby takes the reader step-by-step from initial idea to sharing on the channel, covering:
- Shooting a video - using a camera as simple as one built in a phone, how to shoot video using tested techniques for framing, lighting and sound recording
- Editing the video - how to use free and inexpensive software and make simple edits like cutting out scenes, adding to a timeline, adding transitions and building in special effects
- Posting to YouTube - the basics of creating a channel, uploading video, setting privacy and talking to your audience
We are giving away 5 sets of Getting Started with Coding: Get Creative with Code! and Making You Tube Videos: Star in Your Own Video! For your chance to win, simply answer the following question:
What was the name of the first ever YouTube video?
a) Me at the zoo
b) Me at the airport
c) Me at the museum
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