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MakeCode Arcade - Microsoft

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4 to 12
 
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Modify or create your retro games with MakeCode Arcade. Scroll the page to find resources on the site include coding tutorials, game design concepts, learning outcomes, and courses...more
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Modify or create your retro games with MakeCode Arcade. Scroll the page to find resources on the site include coding tutorials, game design concepts, learning outcomes, and courses in coding. Follow the prompts within the tutorials to create unique games using drag and drop code blocks. As you become familiar with coding, expand knowledge with Javascript or Python. Share using the links or download onto Microsoft game devices if available.

tag(s): coding (86), computers (109), game based learning (206), Microsoft (80), STEM (304)

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Use Microsoft Arcade to introduce coding to both new and experienced coders. Share some ideas from the site on an interactive whiteboard (or with a projector), then have students experiment on their own. Encourage students who are comfortable with coding to become classroom experts and explain ideas to other students. Enhance their learning by asking them to make recordings using ScreenPal, reviewed here, to share tips, and demonstrate different features of coding. Use this tool with gifted students for a great challenge. Set up a coding activity center for interested students when they finish classwork or for rainy days and snow days. Share this link on your class website for students to access both in and out of the classroom.
 

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