The entire kit is available as a single zip file for download here. The Kodu classroom kit is a set of lesson plans and activities for educators, after-school instructors, parents, peer mentors and administrators. Ages 8 and up typically have the most success.Kodu can be taught by any teacher, no previous programming expertise required.Read about our Kodu pilot program in Australia's public schools: Report (pdf).Students learn about cooperation, logic and creativity in addition to programming.

Kodu introduces conditions and sequences, which teaches cause and effect.Kodu introduces the logic and problem solving of programming.Kodu helps children with critical thinking, breaking a complex goal into manageable steps, and iterate on the design process - an approach applicable to all academic subjects, business and personal relationships.Kodu demonstrates that programming is a creative medium.Kodu is a rich tool for narrative creation and storytelling.Bottom Line: Kodu Game Lab has promise, but will only draw in kids who have a lot of support and guidance or who are already passionate about creating their own content. Kodu for the XBox is also available in the USA on the XBox Marketplace, in the Indie Games channel for about $5. Users can use an Xbox controller with their PC, but some kids may find all of the controller button references to be confusing. Kodu for the PC is available to download for free.

Join the community, and discover games created by others and share your game at. Anyone can use Kodu to make a game, young children as well as adults with no design or programming skills. Kodu can be used to teach creativity, problem solving, storytelling, as well as programming. The visual nature of the language allows for rapid design iteration using only an Xbox game controller for input (mouse/keyboard input is also supported). It is designed to be accessible for children and enjoyable for anyone. Kodu is a new visual programming language made specifically for creating games.

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