October 2014 Learn More Links
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Andrew Mills Talks about Bits & Bytes and How to Design Games
https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-andrew-mills/
Bits & Bytes
http://www.bitsandbytes.cards/
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bits-and-bytes-a-game-to-teach-coding-to-children
http://www.bitsandbytes.cards/thegame/
http://www.bitsandbytes.cards/schools/
http://www.bitsandbytes.cards/faq/
https://www.facebook.com/bitsandbytescards
https://twitter.com/bitsbytes_cards
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vjpchT3Ed5k&feature=youtu.be
Andrew Mills
http://www.workingparent.info/learning-resources/how-to-teach-your-kids-to-programme-computers/
Tim Kropp Talks About Creating Games for Kids
https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-tim-kropp/
Glide Games
http://www.glide-games.com/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/glide-games/id557686440
https://twitter.com/Glide_Games
http://www.glide-games.com/blog.html
https://www.linkedin.com/company/glide-games-and-media
Subway Adventures
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/fluffy-gem-word-search-subway/id892397647?mt=8
Elevator Adventures
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elevator-adventures/id557686436?mt=8
Wendy Norman and Skype in the classroom
https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-wendy-norman/
Skype in the classroom
https://education.skype.com/
https://education.skype.com/mysteryskype
https://education.skype.com/guest_speakers
She’s the First
http://www.shesthefirst.org/
https://www.facebook.com/shesthefirst
https://twitter.com/shesthefirst
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/She%27s_the_First
Embrace Infant Warmer
http://embraceglobal.org/embrace-warmer/
Mike Soskil
http://teacherslifeforme.blogspot.com/
https://education.skype.com/users/1966-metsoskil
Enriching the Minds of Kiberia’s Youth through Skype
http://blogs.skype.com/2014/09/17/enriching-the-minds-of-kiberias-youth-through-skype/
Playing Harvest Moon in Japanese
https://www.kidscodecs.com/playing-harvest-moon-in-japanese/
www.reddit.com/r/learnjapanese
Nippon-Yasan
Japanese Language
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_language
http://www3.nhk.or.jp/lesson/english/learn/benefit/basic/basic.html
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/
Japanese Dictionary
http://jisho.org/kanji/radicals/
Maker Faire NY 2014
https://www.kidscodecs.com/maker-faire-ny-2014/
Maker Faire NY 2014
While the event home page will change as new Maker Faires happen, links on the other pages lead to more information about people and companies who were at the Maker Faire NY 2014.
http://makerfaire.com/
http://makezine.com/tag/maker-faire/
http://makerfaire.com/new-york-2014/meet-the-makers/
http://makerfaire.com/new-york-2014/schedule/
The Extraordinaires Design Studio
http://www.extraordinaires.com/
Rory’s Story Cubes
Little Robot Friends
http://www.littlerobotfriends.com/
http://www.littlerobotfriends.com/guides/
littleBits
Structr3D Printer
http://www.structur3d.io/
http://www.structur3d.io/blog/2014/7/1/printing-a-fractal-antenna-with-bare-conductive-electric-paint
http://www.structur3d.io/blog/2014/6/19/how-to-install-the-discov3ry-paste-extruder-to-a-3d-printer
http://www.structur3d.io/blog/2014/6/17/adventures-in-paste-extrusion-printing-playdough-at-maker-club
Kit Rex
http://www.kit-rex.com/
https://twitter.com/Kit_Rex
http://makerfaire.com/makers/kitrex/
TinyCircuits
Spikenzie Labs
Ototo: Make Music from Anything
http://dentakulondon.com/ototo/
PartDaddy 17′ Tall 3D Printer
http://seemecnc.com/
http://makezine.com/2014/09/21/big-printin/
EepyBird Coke + Mentos
http://www.eepybird.com/
http://makezine.com/2014/09/23/eepy-bird-showers-the-crowds-with-diet-coke/
NY Hall of Science Rocket Park
Sashimi Tabernacle Choir
http://makerfaire.com/makers/sashimi-tabernacle-choir-2/
http://www.sashimitabernaclechoir.org/
http://youtu.be/kYlSTvAW1Po
Paper Airplane Launcher
https://sites.google.com/site/seanviolettesproject/paper-airplane-launcher
http://makerfaire.com/makers/paper-airplane-launcher/
Lo Shu Magic Squares Puzzle
https://www.kidscodecs.com/lo-shu-magic-squares-puzzle/
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Lo Shu Magic Squares
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lo_Shu_Square
Magic Squares (Nationellt centrum för matematikutbildning)
http://ncm.gu.se/media/maut/india/8_magic_square.pdf
http://ncm.gu.se/
Suzanne and Richard Alejandre’s Lo Shu Activity
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square/loshu1.html
http://mathforum.org/alejandre/magic.square/loshu2.html
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
Includes Thakkura Pheru’s solution for larger magic square puzzles.
http://illuminations.nctm.org/Lesson.aspx?id=655
Benjamin Franklin’s Numbers: An Unsung Mathematical Odyssey
Some skeptical background for the Emperor Yu legend with alternate origins.
http://books.google.com/books?id=UqugpLLyZUEC&pg=PA20&lpg=PA20&dq=emperor+yu,+mystic+symbol,+turtle,+magic+squares&source=bl&ots=NGVwCmLQtS&sig=zsTWHb_9NyT5GdRo8NXLf21nozM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=itMmVPiKIcWZsQSijIHYDw&ved=0CB0Q6AEwADgK#v=onepage&q=emperor%20yu%2C%20mystic%20symbol%2C%20turtle%2C%20magic%20squares&f=false
Magic Square Group on Flickr
https://www.flickr.com/groups/[email protected]/
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Game Play
https://www.kidscodecs.com/game-play/
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Gameplay
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gameplay
Attempting to Define Game Play
http://www.peachpit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=98123
http://www.peachpit.com/store/andrew-rollings-and-ernest-adams-on-game-design-9781592730018
How to Tell a Great Story
http://blogs.hbr.org/2014/07/how-to-tell-a-great-story/
How to Tell a Story
https://www.ted.com/playlists/62/how_to_tell_a_story
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-a-Story
How to Tell a Story without Boring Your Audience to Tears
http://goinswriter.com/tell-story/
How to Tell a Story (Mark Twain)
http://classiclit.about.com/library/bl-etexts/mtwain/bl-mtwain-howto.htm
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History of Video Games
https://www.kidscodecs.com/video-game-history/
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History of Video Games (Wikipedia)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games
Video Game History Timeline
http://www.museumofplay.org/icheg-game-history/timeline/
History of Video Games
https://www.princeton.edu/~achaney/tmve/wiki100k/docs/History_of_video_games.html
The Art of Video Games (Smithsonian)
http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/
http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/featuredgames/
http://www.americanart.si.edu/exhibitions/archive/2012/games/gamefest/
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Unity, PyGame, GamePress
https://www.kidscodecs.com/game-creation-tools-unity-pygame-gamepress/
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Unity
http://unity3d.com/
http://unity3d.com/unity/system-requirements
http://unity3d.com/unity/download
http://unity3d.com/learn
https://www.youtube.com/user/Unity3D
http://docs.unity3d.com/Manual/index.html
http://docs.unity3d.com/ScriptReference/index.html
http://www.lynda.com/Unity-D-training-tutorials/1243-0.html
https://twitter.com/unity3d
https://www.facebook.com/unity3d
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unity_%28game_engine%29
PyGame
http://pygame.org/wiki/about
http://www.pygame.org/docs/
http://pygame.org/wiki/tutorials
http://pygame.org/docs/tut/chimp/ChimpLineByLine.html
GamePress
http://www.gamepressapp.com/
http://www.gamepressapp.com/forum/
https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/gamepress-create-share-play./id637370800?mt=8
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Whpd1wPFag8
https://www.youtube.com/user/GamePressApp
https://twitter.com/gamepressapp
https://www.facebook.com/GamePressApp
Scratch
http://scratch.mit.edu/
http://scratch.mit.edu/discuss/
http://scratched.media.mit.edu/
http://scratch.mit.edu/educators/
http://scratch.mit.edu/parents/
http://www.edutopia.org/kindergarten-creativity-collaboration-lifelong-learning
https://www.kidscodecs.com/scratch-language/
Tynker
Also a block (or bubble) language, includes an app for iPhone/iPad and Android, as well as online lessons.
http://www.tynker.com/
Hopscotch
Also a block (or bubble) language, Hopscotch is an iPhone/iPad app.
http://www.gethopscotch.com/
Codea (iTunes)
http://itunes.apple.com/app/id439571171?mt=8
Codea Resources
http://codea.io
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Home
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Codea%20Programming%20FAQ
http://codea.io/talk/categories/code-sharing
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/CopyingCode
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/HintsAndTips
http://codea.io/talk
https://www.kidscodecs.com/codea-tutorials/
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Papyrus
https://www.kidscodecs.com/papyrus-language-skyrim/
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Creation Kit
http://www.creationkit.com/
https://www.youtube.com/user/BethesdaGameStudios
http://www.creationkit.com/Bethesda_Tutorial_Creation_Kit_Interface
http://www.uesp.net/wiki/Skyrim:Creation_Kit
Papyrus
http://www.creationkit.com/Category:Papyrus
http://www.creationkit.com/Bethesda_Tutorial_Papyrus_Hello_World
http://www.creationkit.com/Category:Tutorials
http://www.creationkit.com/Category:Editor_Reference
http://tesalliance.org/forums/index.php?/tutorials/category/33-esv-skyrim-modding/
Steam Workshop
http://www.creationkit.com/Introducing_the_Skyrim_Workshop
http://store.steampowered.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/about/
Skyrim Mods
http://steamcommunity.com/workshop/browse?appid=72850
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How to Design a Game (Maybe)
https://www.kidscodecs.com/how-to-design-a-game/
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How to Design a Game for Sociopathic Characters?
http://rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/4743/how-to-design-a-game-for-sociopathic-characters
How to Design a Video Game
http://www.wikihow.com/Design-a-Video-Game
How to Make Your Own Board Game
http://www.wikihow.com/Make-Your-Own-Board-Game
Analysis of the board game Carcassonne
The blog offers detailed reviews of different games and, therefore, might be great for game design research.
http://ashvaganza.wordpress.com/2014/09/12/analysis-of-the-board-game-carcassonne/
http://ashvaganza.wordpress.com
Urban Life and Happiness: People in Love
http://designagame.eu/2014/09/urban-life-happiness-people-love/
http://designagame.eu/
http://thehappycity.com/the-happy-city/
Learning to Design a Learning Game (how Tonzilla was born)
http://designagame.eu/2014/07/learning-design-learning-game-tonzilla-born/
http://tonzilla.com/
https://www.facebook.com/TonzillaVR
https://twitter.com/krur
Pablo Cavarez
https://twitter.com/PabloCavarez
http://www.bloodymonkey.com/pablo/
Brenda Romero
http://www.ted.com/talks/brenda_brathwaite_gaming_for_understanding
http://bbrathwaite.wordpress.com/2008/10/15/the-core-of-a-game/
http://bbrathwaite.wordpress.com/2008/10/17/a-feature-set-from-a-core/
http://bbrathwaite.wordpress.com/2008/11/30/creating-a-game-design-document/
http://bbrathwaite.wordpress.com/2008/12/09/menus-must-die/
https://twitter.com/br
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Are Video Games Bad for Kids?
https://www.kidscodecs.com/are-video-games-bad-for-kids/
Effect of Video Games on Child Development
Video Game Addiction
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Video_game_addiction
Gaming Britain: A Nation United by Digital Play
http://www.iabuk.net/news/33-million-uk-game-players
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Also In The October 2014 Issue
Andrew Mills Talks about Bits & Bytes and How to Design Games
Andrew created Bits & Bytes, a fun card game to teach kids computing skills: logic, problem solving, and critical thinking.
Tim Kropp Talks About Creating Games for Kids
Tim describes how he created his game company, Glide Games, and with his young son created two video games, Elevator Adventures and Subway Adventures.
Lo Shu Magic Squares Puzzle
A 4,000 year old Chinese magic squares puzzle is both fun and a way to learn basic problem solving skills. Plus turtles.
History of Video Games
Can you name the first video game? The first game likely was Tennis for Two in 1958 but it could be Space Wars! in 1962 or other games. It's complicated.
Playing Harvest Moon in Japanese
The story of an English-speaking person learning a little Japanese by playing the latest Harvest Moon game, Connect to a New World, in original Japanese.
Wendy Norman and Skype in the classroom
Wendy Norman, the Director of Social Good at Microsoft, talks about the history and features of the Skype in the classroom service for teachers.
Game Play
You can use the concepts of game play to turn almost any task or information into a game. Assuming you can define game play.
Maker Faire NY 2014
The Greatest Show and Tell on Earth turned out to be tons of fun for kids and parents, plus a place to wander and find new technology. Links and video.
We need storytelling. Otherwise, life just goes on and on like the number Pi.
October 2014 Learn More Links
Links from the bottom of all the October 2014 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.
Papyrus
This language lets you modify the Skyrim game to learn game coding plus have fun adding objects and functionality to the game.
October 2014 News Wire
Interesting stories about computer science, software programming, and technology for the month of September 2014.
Unity, PyGame, GamePress
Three game creation software tools you can use to create games. Includes a brief description and lots of links to these and other game creation tools.
