Project Spark: How building 3D fantasy worlds can be the perfect introduction to block based coding.

Presenter(s): Stephen Howell, Scott Blackwell (IE)

Summary: Project Spark is like Scratch; a powerful, yet simple way to build and play your own worlds, stories and games. Project Spark is developed by Microsoft, and is an evolution of Kodu. This presentation will show how reprogramming an angry goblin to be your best friend can teach boolean logic while also being incredibly awesome. We will also showcase the free video course we made for Spark.

Type of participation: Talk