MakeBlock

MakeBlock is an app designed for student yearning to advance their coding skills. This app works diligently to provide teachers with the tools to inform their students on the wonders of STEM. This is an app meant to help students practice coding with the help of their teacher. This app breaks language boundaries by teaching the child STEM based knowledge. The app describes itself as an easy tool for all. Wang started Makeblock with the aim of helping people turn their ideas into real physical objects.With the power of innovation and technology, Makeblock allows more people to enjoy creating and have fun. mBlock 5 is Makeblock’s powerful coding learning platform with block-based programming, Python and Arduino C. Students use it by interacting with their teacher to get started. This is supposed to be a good choice for beginner students that want to learn coding. A lot of parents said they experienced malfunctions with the app.

Grades: early learning to secondary learning https://education.makeblock.com/

Cost: The great thing is that this app is free to download!

OTHER DETAILS

Key features

Type of Tool: App, Website, Kit

Time required: There are different programs that are of different lengths. The app reveals that the more the child interacts with it, the more experienced that child becomes in STEM.

Special Needs:

Literacy Requirement (does a child need to know how to read):

Screens

Screens:  Screens required

Online requirement:

Time

Parent/Caregiver Involvement: Parent/Teacher/Caregiver Involvement is necessary

Prep Time:  well there are different versions of this app. One of them known as mblock is free to download for teachers and states that it requires minimal experience

Other characteristics

Modality: Multimedia

Adaptive: It appears that the teacher controls how the students interact with this. It also appears that the app fills the needs for different grades

Educational Philosophy: https://education.makeblock.com/case-studies/

Other characteristics:   STEM

Accountability

State Standards: There is not much detail on these specific educational advantages.complement CSTA and ISTE education standards. The curriculum features over 12 hours of block-based programming at present. Designed with the systematic and scientific fundamentals, we aim at providing educators with the step-by-step instruction on how to teach coding with only software.

Teacher Accounts:

Read Reviews: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.makeblock.makeblock&hl=en_US

GET MakeBlock

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=cc.makeblock.makeblock&hl=en_US