An open-ended introduction to coding and computational thinking.

My Take

This app immediately captures student attention with interesting characters and easy to understand basic instructions. Students can quickly write their first program and are rewarded with immediate, positive reinforcement. The app introduces logical thinking and math based rotation and movement. Students can keep working with design using richer and more complex sprite movements. Students can also create interactive games involving variables, loop structures, character collisions and more. The website offers good introductory lesson plans for teachers with limited programming experience and individual student learning. However, students supporting each other helped build a community of coders. The Community tab for programs is an excellent way for new coders to get ideas. I was also very impressed with the immediate attention my questions received by the staff at Hopscotch.