Tickle will teach children and teens to create their own games and applications for iOS

On Habré, the topic of the need to teach children and teens programming was raised several times. Such training expands the child’s horizons, teaches him to think logically and gives extensive knowledge in the computer field.

Mike Chen, a professor of computer science at UC Berkeley, agrees with this point of view. He is the author of an idea to create a Tickle programming application based on Scratch , a visual programming language designed for children and teenagers.
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Tickle allows kids (in fact, quite adult people can join the training, there is no age limit) to create their games and applications by using visual blocks with various teams / operators. At the same time, the application immediately helps to consolidate the knowledge gained in practice by creating your own version of a popular toy (for example, Flappy Bird).



The creator of the project believes that the current methods of teaching programming are not very interesting (here, of course, everything also depends on the teacher). Therefore, he wanted to make programming as interesting and fun for a student as possible. It was decided to use popular games for mobile devices as elements of teaching children and teenagers programming. For example, Tickle allows you to create a game like Angry Bird and Flappy Bird, as well as some others.

Here's a clip for Kickstarter (habrapriser does not miss the direct insert).

In the learning application itself there are source modules / graphical elements from which you can create a whole game that friends can then play.

In addition to games, Tickle users can create their own applications for managing smart devices or any other devices that support remote control.



Tickle integrates with AirPlay, so parents / teachers can monitor student progress.

The beta version of the application is now ready, and the author himself decided to put the project on Kickstarter, where half of the required amount has already been collected.

The idea is really interesting - Tickle may be of interest to many children, from which then very worthy IT workers can turn out.

Via kickstarter