About the course

This course is designed for little programmers who are interested in joining a Scratch coding competition hosted by “International Kids Coding Competition (IKCC)”. During this 5-week course, students will design and implement their unique works according to the competition topic of the year. Our experienced competition instructor will provide constructive guidances, advices and feedbacks.

The ultimate goal of this course is to instill a sense of software architecture design and to improve students' coding skills via the process of implementing a complete project. At the end of this course, each student will submit one or more projects as their competition Scratch works. Regardless of the competition result, the entire course of working on a complete project will definitely be their best practical experience. And they will feel much more comfortable and ease to learn any other programming language in the future.

Course Syllabus

Week 1: Introduction to the competition rules, contest topic, work submission and other related requirements. Brainstorm for the initial design.
Week 2: Design Review and Software Architecture Layout
Week 3: Implementation with 1-on-1 and group discussions
Week 4: Implementation with 1-on-1, Final Work Review and submitting the project to IKCC

Note: The progress of each module varies with respect to individual student due to the different coding skills

Prerequisites

Basic Scratch coding knowledge or completion of CodingMind Beginner

Competition Age Group

• 7 ~ 8 years old
• 9 ~ 10 years old
• 11 ~ 12 years old
• 13 ~ 14 years old

Course Delivery Format

• This course is conducted in 8 workshops/classes
• Each workshop/class runs for 60 minutes with no break
• Two workshops/classes per week
• This course will be delivered via zoom or other online meeting tool
• This course contains various interactions between students and the teacher

Requirements

• A desktop or laptop is preferred. Tablet is acceptable but not recommended. Mobile phone is not recommended for this course.
• Stable internet connection
• Chrome 63 or higher, Edge 15 or higher, Firefox 57 or higher, Safari 11 or higher, Mobile Chrome 63 or higher, Mobile Safari 11 or higher. Internet Explorer is NOT supported.
• A webcam and a microphone are strongly recommended for teacher-student face-to-face communication.

How to Apply

Email us at info@intelkids.ca