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Single Session Introduction for PC and Xbox Controller
- Module: Single Session Introduction
- Student Ages: 9-14 years old
- Activity Time: 60 minutes
- Activity Level: Beginner Coder
Prerequisites
- Download and Installation of Kodu
Learning Objectives
- Navigate menus in Kodu
- Access the programming mode of Kodu, potentially adjusting simple code for a specific purpose
- Change and create a Kodu environment.
- Use tiles for setting and the development of tone and mood of game world.
- Create and alter landscape using various land editing tools.
- Add object, change color, select object, create sequential program for object.
Contents
- Single Session Introduction
- Kodu Curriculum Appendix
- Complete Demo: Cycle and Trees (Cycle always wanders and avoids trees)
Student Activities
Basic Navigation
The students will log on to Kodu and learn about the game creation environment.
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Creating a Simple Program
Students will navigate menus in Kodu. Students will access the programming mode of Kodu, potentially adjusting simple code for a specific purpose
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Student Activity 1: Eating Apples
Students will add an object, change color, select object, create sequential program for an object.
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Editing Your World
Students will change and create a Kodu enviornment. Students will use tiles for setting and the development of tone and mood of game world.
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Student Sheet Activity 2: Landscapes
Students will create and alter landscape using various land editing tools.
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Appendix: Surveys
Students will have an in-class exercise is handy to prime students with some idea of what it is like to program games in Kodu.
Subjects: Design Technology, Digital Literacy, 21st Century Learning Skills
Skills
Character, Citizenship, Collaboration, Communication, Creativity, Critical Thinking, Project Based Learning