Students at Oak Park Elementary are bringing their imaginations to life with Kodu!
3 weeks ago - permalinkStudents at Oak Park Elementary are bringing their imaginations to life.
Whether they are magical forests or underwater worlds, students’ dreams are becoming a reality on their computer screens. Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) students are part of a pilot program that has fourth- and fifth-graders creating video games.
11 year old Kodu developer received by President Obama at White House Science Fair!
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Hannah Wyman, 11, who attends St. Anna’s School in Leominster, Mass., won the grand prize in her age group (9-12) for her video game, “Toxic,” in Microsoft’s first-ever U.S. Kodu Cup. In Hannah’s game, which is now available for free on the Kodu Game Lab site, a player must solve puzzles and collect coins in order to remove soot from trees, zap pollution clouds to clean the air, and convince friends to plant more trees, all in an effort to save the environment.
Asteroids in Kodu!
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Tim Meek is a UK based educator and one of the founders of the innovative Kodudes program in the UK. One of his students made a remarkable Asteroids game in Kodu, complete with thrusters, shields and even smart bombs!
Not only does he demo his game, but spends time walking through his kode to show how he made it.
Amazing!
Your Kid Could Create the next Halo Game
Well, maybe not the next “Halo,” but he or she could be well on their way to creating a fun PC or Xbox 360 game with Kodu, a free set of fun tools from Microsoft. And for the competitive kids out there, there’s real money up for grabs!
From readwriteweb:
Microsoft is releasing a new version of its Kodu Game Lab today, and it’s also kicking off its Kodu Cup Competition for students ages 9 to 17. The competition asks kids to design their own video game using Kodu, and the winners will compete for a $5000 prize for themselves, along with $5000 for their school and a trip to the worldwide finals of Microsoft’s Imagine Cup competition.
Check out this short video with a brief introduction. Then download the tools, and get playing!
Excellent overview of Kodu in this demo - thanks, imthedadthatswhy!
5 months ago - permalinkRead how Kodu is offering all students an opportunity to be successful
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“Kodu offers all students an opportunity to be successful and to think and problem solve creatively no matter what their educational skill level.”
“Kodu is something that I can see integrating into my curriculum”
- Selena Gordon, teacher at the Kent Tech Academy
Read the full post here!
Learn how to create multiple levels in one Kodu World / Teleportation
5 months ago - permalink
In this article Brad Gibson walks you through a technique to simulate multiple worlds inside of one Kodu world!
Using Kodu to Promote Literacy
1 year ago - permalinkGame building tools like Kodu can extend well outside of traditional math and computer science disciplines. Our latest Kodu blog entry highlights some great work being done to promote literacy with young boys.
