Do You Want to Learn How to Program Using SCRATCH?
Why did the frog cross the road? Find out as we create Freeway Frog, an arcade-style game written in the Scratch programming language and inspired by the classic Frogger. Through this project, your student will learn the five foundational concepts from computer science: variables, loops, conditional statements, functions, and events and event handlers. These five concepts exist in nearly every computer language, so skills learned in this workshop will directly transfer when your student is ready to work in Python, JavaScript, or whatever!
This workshop is suitable for students from around 5th grade through high school. Computers will be provided, and no prior programming experience is expected or required. Space is limited and similar workshops at past conferences have sold out!
Robert Walsh
Robert, a former math teacher who has also worked as a hardware tech, an IT director, a trainer, a programmer, a software tester, a technical writer, and a business owner, is the founder of the Excalibur Solutions STEM Academy. He believes all students need a solid foundation in STEM education, and he uses his blended background to create engaging projects focused on technology and engineering.
Freeway Frog Programming Workshop FAQs
This workshop is designed for students 11-18 years old.
No prior programming experience is expected or required
Participants will not need to bring their own computer. However, if they want to bring a USB memory stick, they will be able to copy the work they do in the class to it and take it with them.
This class is 2 hours long and only offered once during the convention