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01/2018

Programming

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codeSpark is a game and a game creation platform for practicing programming.

codeSpark Academy is a game for learning about the basics of programming and computational thinking. Its word-free interface builds computational thinking skills using interactive puzzles and allows children to design their own games.

The game is for children aged 5 and up. It is suitable both for home and school use. codeSpark offers free teacher’s materials and lesson plans.

Age groups

Preschool

Elementary

Price

Subscription

Languages

Korean

Thai

Vietnamese

Malay

Russian

English

Chinese

Japanese

Finnish

Swedish

Spanish

German

Italian

Portuguese

French

Dutch

Platform

Mobile Android

Mobile iOS

Registration

Not required

Offline play

Playable offline

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Price

Subscription

With codeSpark, players can practice the basics of programming in a fun and engaging way.

The Design and Code feature allows players to create their own levels.

For teachers codeSpark provides ready-made lesson plans with high-quality activities.

Game tasks are fun and nicely challenging. The characters and their game world are beautiful, interesting and adorable.

The materials cover the basic concepts of programming.

Pedagogy

Educational Quality

Learning Goals

The pedagogical analysis covers how the product supports learning of the identified skills. The student’s role is assessed by four contrary pair parameters, which are selected to cover the most essential aspects on the use of the product.

Passive

Active

codeSpark offers an engaging product for practising coding. The player needs to be active to pass the levels and to proceed within the game.

Rehearse

Construct

The game doesn’t require any previous specific knowledge. It is built so that the players practice with ready-made levels in the beginning. After they've learned the basic concept of programming, they can apply the knowledge gained in the previous levels and build their own.

Linear

Non-linear/Creative

The game play is optimised because the player can’t progress to the more difficult levels before passing the easier ones. The Design and Code section offers players the possibility to develop creativity and create their own levels.

Individual

Collaborative

The users play the game individually but they can create levels for other players.

The following are the high educational quality aspects in this product.

With codeSpark Academy, children can practice the basics of programming in a fun and engaging way. The materials cover all the basic concepts.

The Design and Code feature allows children to create their own levels and it encourages them to be creative, actively using knowledge that they have learned while playing through the existing levels.

For teachers codeSpark provides ready-made lesson plans with high-quality activities. Teachers can also track students’ progress.

The game's tasks are fun and nicely challenging. The characters and the game's world are beautiful, interesting and adorable.

The supported learning goals are identified by matching the product with several relevant curricula descriptions on this subject area. The soft skills are definitions of learning goals most relevant for the 21st century. They are formed by taking a reference from different definitions of 21st century skills and Finnish curriculum.

Subject based learning goals

Connecting programming to mathematics.

Understanding what algorithms are and how they can be used

Understanding the concept of loops

Understanding the meaning of conditionals in programming

Practicing to create sequences

Practicing creative computing

Practicing computational thinking

Soft skills learning goals

Encouraging the growth of positive self-image

Learning to combine information to find new innovations

Learning to build information on top of previously learned

Practicing to notice causal connections

Connecting subjects learned at school to skills needed at worklife

Using technology as a part of explorative and creative process

Practicing logical reasoning, algorithms and programming through making

Understanding technological system operations through making

Using technology resources for problem solving

Learning to find the joy of learning and new challenges

Practicing persistent working

Practicing to use imagination and to be innovative

Creating requirements for creative thinking

Developing problem solving skills

Practicing to look things from different perspectives

codeSpark

codeSpark

With codeSpark, players can practice the basics of programming in a fun and engaging way.

The Design and Code feature allows players to create their own levels.

For teachers codeSpark provides ready-made lesson plans with high-quality activities.

Game tasks are fun and nicely challenging. The characters and their game world are beautiful, interesting and adorable.

The materials cover the basic concepts of programming.

Subject based learning goals

Soft skills learning goals

User reviews for codeSpark

The Finnish Educational Quality Certificate

codeSpark

With codeSpark, players can practice the basics of programming in a fun and engaging way.

The Design and Code feature allows players to create their own levels.

For teachers codeSpark provides ready-made lesson plans with high-quality activities.

Game tasks are fun and nicely challenging. The characters and their game world are beautiful, interesting and adorable.

The materials cover the basic concepts of programming.

Subject based learning goals

Soft skills learning goals

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The Finnish Educational Quality Certificate