Tips and tricks to win Robocup Junior 2023
It is never too early to start planning for next year’s Robocup Junior competition. There are three competition types at Robocup Junior: Dance, Soccer and Rescue.
How to design your own computer game
Today, we’ll show you how to design your own computer game. We’ve shown you how to build many computer games already, e.g. Pacman and Dragon Castle, now it is time to invent your own. We can build all different types of digital projects with coding…
Is your school using technology as a marketing gimmick? (Part 2)
We continue Part 2 with additional ways in which schools use technology as a marketing gimmick and how you can identify them.
Is your school using technology as a marketing gimmick? (Part 1)
We start Part 1 with two ways in which schools use technology as a marketing gimmick and how you can identify them.
Machine learning and robots that are learning to “see”
This past school holiday break, Coding Kids took a group of school children to visit the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision at QUT. The Centre specialises in research and development of robots learning to ‘see’. Their ability to see is the remaining technological roadblock to ubiquitous deployment of robots into society…
Build your own Dance Dance Revolution game with MaKey MaKey
Coding can be a tactile project. Build your own Dance Dance Revolution game using a MaKey MaKey kit and Scratch. Start coding, build hardware and play a tactile, physical movement computer game.
Top 3 games for Scratch beginners
As I gain experience in game design and preparing lesson plans, I realise that it is actually a lot more difficult to design games for beginner level coders than for advanced level coders. Here are our 3 favourite games for Scratch beginners.
Holiday Hackafun Code Camp in July 2018
Join us these July school holidays from Monday 2 – Friday 13 July 2018 Build something awesome these school holidays! Coding Kids is running Holiday Hackafun code camp again this coming April school holidays, from Monday 2 – Friday 13 July 2018. We will be…
Learn to code in your pyjamas
Online code clubs, in the comfort of your own home We have a number of online code clubs this during the school term and school holidays. Learn to code with our fun, friendly, Brisbane-based Coding Mentors in the comfort of your own home. No need…
Is it really “just” a theory?
Climate change, evolution, plate tectonics, gravity. What do these things all have in common? They’re often called “just theories” by critics and in a way, they’re right! All of these things, including gravity, are “just” theories, scientific theories. However, what naysayers don’t understand is what exactly is a scientific theory? So, let’s get into it.