[Edu-sig] Fwd: From Scratch to Real Python Code with our New Block Trinket!

Jurgis Pralgauskis jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com
Tue Oct 21 20:04:23 CEST 2014


pedagogically very good approach
and technologically, seems very simple :)

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From: elliott at trinket.io <elliotttrinket.io at trinketio.mail.intercom.io>
Date: Fri, Oct 17, 2014 at 10:36 PM
Subject: From Scratch to Real Python Code with our New Block Trinket!
To: jurgis.pralgauskis at gmail.com







Hi Jurgis!

I'm very excited to announce our new *Interactive Block Trinkets*:

<https://via.intercom.io/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrinket.io%2Flibrary%2Ftrinkets%2Fc1c530eeb8&h=556d41b92b91ff886077b068e4fa165ff60be37b-558378712>

Inspired by Scratch
<https://via.intercom.io/c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscratch.mit.edu&h=0d6fadf2a241cc22de54822705b641cb19fa211c-558378712>
and Code.org
<https://via.intercom.io/c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcode.org&h=bb9eb1eb904a1867195a835892fbba61fba8338a-558378712>'s
Hour of Code
<https://via.intercom.io/c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fcsedweek.org%2F&h=542b72242575c0c4011d87ee8d7fc5643e8cd99c-558378712>,
these Trinkets take typing and syntax out of the equation of teaching and
learning Python.  But unlike previous block-based tools, *they're
generating real Python underneath*! This lets students move into the world
of real programming languages and bring their computational thinking skills
along.

<https://via.intercom.io/c?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftrinket.io%2Flibrary%2Ftrinkets%2Fc1c530eeb8&h=556d41b92b91ff886077b068e4fa165ff60be37b-558378712>

>From the tests we've done with teachers and students, seeing the
relationship between familiar blocks and unfamiliar code helps demystify
code and accelerates the learning process.  We can't wait to see what you
do with this new too!
Get Started with Blocks Today

Click Here
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to see the example above, which you can easily share or copy it to your
account!  Or, if you're feeling creative, here's how easy it is to make
your own:

   - Log in to Trinket
   <https://via.intercom.io/c?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftrinket.io%2Fhome&h=41b84490bc495098e1946f31698fcebeab44de86-558378712>,
   click the New Trinket Button, and select *Blocks *as your Trinket type
   - Grab blocks from the palette to build your Trinket
   - Click Save and you've made your Trinket!  Now share a link or embed
   the Trinket anywhere, such as Google Sites
   <https://via.intercom.io/c?url=http%3A%2F%2Fblog.trinket.io%2Fhow-to-google-sites&h=44665825c35e8821ac2729a7856966d98b7bfead-558378712>
   - Click the *View Code* button at any time to see what Python the blocks
   have generated

In the coming weeks we'll be building a tighter integration with our
popular Python trinkets.  This will be a true end-to-end solution for
getting students who know Scratch or other block-based languages hands on
with real Python code.

As always, I'd love to see what you create with these!  Create or modify a
Block trinket and reply to this email with the link.  We'll feature the
best Trinkets on our blog.

  - Elliott

CEO, Trinket      @hauspoor
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