Having the freedom to explore, create, play, fail and learn from this process is incredibly important in terms of hands on learning and enjoyment. Play is inherently interactive and it encourages exploration.

“Play is stepping out of reality, into a temporary sphere of activity, with a disposition all of its own.”

Johan Huizinga
1938 Homo Ludens

We are using the creative coding language #processing and many other tools so that students and teachers will learn syntax, structure, instructional and logical thinking and the fundamentals of computer programming therefore leading to designing and creating our own software.

A variety of tools, both software and hardware, are used throughout the PlayCodeShare project:-

Coding Languages:

Processing
p5.js
Phaser.js

Visual Languages / FrameWorks:

GameMaker
AppInventor
Scratch

Hardware / Electronics:

LittleBits
Arduino
MicroBits

Sharing knowledge is the best means to spread the good word about programming and how it can be used within the arts and creative industries.

Sharing learning is central to all Warwick Arts Centre Arts Education projects. We use many OpenSource software and hardware resources in the project which are built upon having a community to share and exchange knowledge with. We want our students to shout about the work they have created and to be as proud and passionate as us.