National STEM Video Game Challenge

Video Game Design Camp

Classroom Antics believes technology education should inspire, excite, and enrich the lives of children, and we are very excited when such a large number of respected organizations band together to give children an opportunity to show off their skills in events such as the National STEM Video Game Challenge. Inspired by the Educate to Innovate Campaign, President Obama’s initiative to promote a renewed focus on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education, the National STEM … [Read more...]

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Scratch Programming is like LEGO Building

Scratch Programming

Scratch is a programming language for kids that makes it easy to create their own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share their creations on the web. It was developed by the Lifelong Kindergarten Group at the MIT Media Lab with the goal of developing a program that was more "tinkerable", more meaningful, and more social than other programming languages. Classroom Antics and the developers of Scratch at MIT have always been intrigued and inspired by the way … [Read more...]

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The Importance of Programming for Children

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A logical mind and computer programming, combined, can create wondrous things. Whether we program robots to retrieve medical supplies, traffic lights to change based on daily congestion, or automobile electronics to apply the right amount of brake pressure -- programming is important. And for our children, we can only imagine what they'll be programming. But to program effectively, we must use sound logic. One of my favorite experiences was with my son, Ro, programming a virtual … [Read more...]

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