{"id":518,"date":"2012-01-17T21:51:53","date_gmt":"2012-01-17T21:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=518"},"modified":"2012-01-17T22:09:52","modified_gmt":"2012-01-17T22:09:52","slug":"bett-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/?p=518","title":{"rendered":"BETT 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20120111_092914.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-529\" title=\"Geeky Barbie\" src=\"http:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20120111_092914-233x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20120111_092914-233x300.jpg 233w, https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20120111_092914-797x1024.jpg 797w, https:\/\/www.interactiveclassroom.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/IMG_20120111_092914.jpg 1628w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a>Well, I have now recovered from a very enjoyable, and a little exhausting, three days at BETT, although my voice is still a little croaky! As some of you know I was demonstrating Kodu on the Microsoft stand last Wednesday to Friday at the BETT exhibition in London. I really enjoyed the whole experience and it was great to chat to lots of like-minded educators, I&#8217;m really pleased with how popular Kodu seems to be and hope lots more teachers start using the software in their classes as it really is fantastic!<\/p>\n<p>For anyone looking to get started using Kodu, it can be downloaded from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.microsoft.com\/download\/en\/details.aspx?displaylang=en&amp;id=10056\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>. I also made a tutorial video a while back that gives an introduction on how to create a simple game which can be viewed below:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/youtu.be\/fRdfBico590<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, if anyone would like to try out some of the sample games I was demonstrating at BETT these can be downloaded using the links below (please note, these are just samples and not fully completed games):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/14333732\/Kodu%20Games\/Air%20Hockey%2C%20by%20maddamsN.Kodu\">Pong \/ Air Hockey<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/14333732\/Kodu%20Games\/Pacman%20v02%2C%20by%20maddamsN.Kodu\">Pacman<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/14333732\/Kodu%20Games\/Platform%20Game%2C%20by%20maddamsN.Kodu\">Platform Game<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/dl.dropbox.com\/u\/14333732\/Kodu%20Games\/Questions%20and%20Answers%20v01%2C%20by%20Nicki%20Maddams.Kodu\">Quiz Game<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I will be starting my Kodu Olympics competition in school tomorrow so will write another blog post shortly on how that goes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Well, I have now recovered from a very enjoyable, and a little exhausting, three days at BETT, although my voice is still a little croaky! 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