Ready, Set, Code! - Heather Catchpole, Nicola O’Brien

Ready, Set, Code!

Coding Activities for Kids
Buch | Softcover
120 Seiten
2020
CSIRO Publishing (Verlag)
978-1-4863-1235-1 (ISBN)
32,35 inkl. MwSt
Are you ready to learn about real technology and make it yourself? This book explains how 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.
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.

Heather Catchpole is a children’s author and founder of the phenomenally successful Careers with Code magazines. Produced in partnership with Google, over 1.5 million copies of these magazines have been distributed in the USA, New Zealand and Australia. Heather is a passionate advocate for science, technology, engineering and maths and an entrepreneur and co-founder of Refraction Media. Her goal is to create a digital future with humanity and creativity. Nicola O’Brien is the founder of Code Rangers, a start-up that teaches kids to code and helps teachers to bring coding to their schools. She currently works at the Australian Computing Academy, University of Sydney. She is a computing education specialist tasked with creating and delivering engaging curriculum-aligned content on digital technologies.

Introduction

1: Anyone can code!

2: Build a chatbot

3: The art of code

4: I spy some sensors

5: Coding is music to my ears

6: Stop thieves with radio waves

7: Swarms in the skies

8: Data explosion!

9: Busting cybercrime

10: Say what, Siri?

11: Coding careers

Glossary

Erscheinungsdatum
Verlagsort Melbourne
Sprache englisch
Maße 215 x 250 mm
Gewicht 430 g
Themenwelt Kinder- / Jugendbuch Sachbücher Naturwissenschaft / Technik
Kinder- / Jugendbuch Spielen / Lernen
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch
Naturwissenschaften
Technik
ISBN-10 1-4863-1235-7 / 1486312357
ISBN-13 978-1-4863-1235-1 / 9781486312351
Zustand Neuware
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