Ready, Set, Code!: Coding Activities for Kids

Book Description

Are you ready to learn about real technology and make it yourself?

Ready, Set, Code! explains how cutting-edge digital technology works and its surprising uses now and in the future. Filled with interesting examples, each chapter explores a different topic, such as artificial intelligence, sensors and data, and applies it with a fun, hands-on coding project. You will learn how to create your own chatbot, translate messages into different languages, construct a burglar alarm, make digital art and music, and launch a citizen science project. Plus, you’ll learn how to protect yourself online and much more.

Suitable for beginners, this book provides illustrated step-by-step instructions to teach kids to code with the highly acclaimed Scratch programming language, popular micro:bit mini computers and simple app building tools.

Features:

• Simple and fun ways to get children creating with code
• Real-world technologies explained
• Engaging projects kids can do over and over again
• Can be used by families and in classrooms
• Compelling storytelling that encourages a creative mindset

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书名：Ready, Set, Code!: Coding Activities for Kids

你准备好学习真正的技术并自己创造了吗？

准备，设置，代码！它解释了尖端数字技术是如何工作的，以及它现在和未来令人惊讶的用途。每一章都充满了有趣的例子，探索了一个不同的主题，如人工智能、传感器和数据，并将其应用于一个有趣的、动手的编码项目。你将学习如何创建自己的聊天机器人，如何将消息翻译成不同的语言，如何构建防盗警报器，如何制作数字艺术和音乐，以及如何发起公民科学项目。此外，你还将学习如何在网上保护自己，以及更多。

适合初学者，本书提供了图文并茂的循序渐进的指导，教孩子们使用广受好评的Scratch编程语言、流行的Micro：Bit迷你计算机和简单的应用程序构建工具编写代码。

特点：

• 用简单有趣的方式让孩子们用代码创造
• 解释现实世界的技术
• 孩子们可以反复做的引人入胜的项目
• 可供家庭和教室使用
• 引人入胜的故事讲述，鼓励创造性思维