{"id":1241,"date":"2014-05-08T10:21:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-08T09:21:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=1241"},"modified":"2014-05-08T10:22:50","modified_gmt":"2014-05-08T09:22:50","slug":"time-is-nearly-up-for-kodu-kup-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=1241","title":{"rendered":"Time is Nearly Up for Kodu Kup 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kodukup_Robot_Icon-01.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-1144 size-medium\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kodukup_Robot_Icon-01-150x300.png\" alt=\"Kodu Kup\" width=\"150\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kodukup_Robot_Icon-01-150x300.png 150w, https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kodukup_Robot_Icon-01-512x1024.png 512w, https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/Kodukup_Robot_Icon-01.png 591w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s been an exciting year in the world of the Kodu Kup again. Building on the success of last year&#8217;s competition and Kodu winning a BETT Award back in January, Kodu Kup 2014 will be drawing to a close in just a few weeks. I have, again, been working alongside Microsoft in the development of resources for the competition and will soon be looking at all of the game entries to shortlist the winners so it&#8217;s an exciting (and busy) time of year. This year&#8217;s competition featured a change from last year in that we decided to leave out the themes with a more open-ended task of creating a game with an effective storyline and I&#8217;m really looking forward to playing the games produced. I&#8217;m sure I&#8217;ll be seeing a lot of creativity!<\/p>\n<p>If you have been working with children in your school to enter the competition you will know that the deadline for all entries is Friday 30th May so it&#8217;s fast approaching. Check out the <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.msdn.com\/b\/teachers\/archive\/2014\/05\/01\/how-to-submit-your-kodu-kup-uk-entries-closing-date-30th-may.aspx\" target=\"_blank\">Microsoft Teachers&#8217; blog<\/a> if you need a recap on how to upload your students&#8217; games and documentation. Remember, there are four sections to the judging criteria:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Game Documentation<\/li>\n<li>Game Play Experience<\/li>\n<li>Game Complexity<\/li>\n<li>Design of the Environment<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Before submitting your entries it&#8217;s always a good idea to have a quick reminder of the full judging criteria\u00a0which can be found in the <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/KoduKup\" target=\"_blank\">teacher&#8217;s pack<\/a>, this will help to ensure your students haven&#8217;t missed any key features that could gain them those vital extra marks!<\/p>\n<p>If you need a reminder of why this is such a fantastic competition, take a look at the Kodu Kup Final video below to see what an amazing day the children had. You can read more about last year&#8217;s competition in one of my <a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=1028\">previous blog posts<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/XOHhCJddeZY<\/p>\n<p>Good luck to everyone entering the competition! Looking forward to playing the games and meeting some of you soon!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been an exciting year in the world of the Kodu Kup again. 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