<div dir="auto">BBC MICRO BIT<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Can be programmed with a Scratch like interface. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Java I think.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Or REAL using MBED </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Drag and drop programer included.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lots of LEDs </div><div dir="auto">Bluetooth too...</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">And schools SHOULD be using them too....</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr">On Tue, 24 Jul 2018 10:55 David Davies-Day, <<a href="mailto:djdavies83@hotmail.com">djdavies83@hotmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div>My 10 year old daughter is showing interest in coding, would be great if we could get them together a couple of times over the summer or arrange something in Hackspace for other kids to attend, she does better when other are involved/has a little competition. </div>
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<div>From: Richard Morgan <<a href="mailto:richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">richard.morgan@avocation.co.uk</a>> </div>
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<div>Thanks so much - I’ll delve into these and see which works best for Max. 🙏</div>
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<p class="gmail_quote" style="color:#000">On 24 July 2018 at 08:58:43, Leia Fee (<a href="mailto:leiafee@totalise.co.uk" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">leiafee@totalise.co.uk</a>) wrote:</p>
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<div><a href="https://codecombat.com" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://codecombat.com</a> is a fun gamified thing.<br>
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<div><a href="https://scratch.mit.edu/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://scratch.mit.edu/</a> they'll almost certainly know from school and can work up some quite complex stuff.<br>
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<div>All the <a href="https://www.codeclub.org.uk/projects" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.codeclub.org.uk/projects</a> are online - they're designed as taught sessions but easy to follow independently</div>
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<div><a href="https://code.org/learn" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://code.org/learn</a> can be a bit hit and miss which features are working at any given moment but it good when up as a sort of slightly unstructured pick-a-mix<br>
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<div>Not sure if obsession with Minecraft is still as common as it was but learning coding as a method of doing fun stuff with that worked well to: <a href="https://arghbox.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/minecraft-pi-recipe-cards/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://arghbox.wordpress.com/2014/04/25/minecraft-pi-recipe-cards/</a></div>
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<div>With Summer upon us - is there a coding course that would be suitable for an 11yr old to learn the basics of coding that you would recommend?</div>
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<div>Might be Home based to avoid logistics and travel and should have tests to prove success at each stage if poss?</div>
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<div>Many thanks in advance,</div>
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