{"id":17676,"date":"2017-08-09T17:05:42","date_gmt":"2017-08-10T01:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/?p=17676"},"modified":"2017-08-09T17:05:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-10T01:05:42","slug":"use-thymio-with-scratch-learn-for-free","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techykids.com\/staging\/3266\/archives\/17676","title":{"rendered":"Announcing: Thymio with Scratch, Learn for Free!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited about the recent developments that allow Thymio to integrate with MIT&#8217;s Scratch programming language. \u00a0The newest version is used best with a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/product\/education-thymio-package-thymio-remote-memory-card\/\">Wireless Thymio<\/a>, as there needs to be a constant and stable <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-17677 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/scratch-thymio-blog-thumbnail.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"143\" height=\"141\" \/>connection between the computer and Thymio robot. \u00a0A wired Thymio can be used as well, but cannot be\u00a0disconnected at any point because the computer will be in constant communication with the Thymio robot.<\/p>\n<p>Here are a few examples of using Scratch and Thymio together to make a:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/car-simulator\/\">Car Simulator<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vZ-cOrbR_qE\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Octopus Shooting Game<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UX6Ma0OUHPc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Here is how to get started! \u00a0Just need the course? \u00a0Go here:<\/h2>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-embedded-content\" data-secret=\"1ok6zn4nHZ\"><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/product\/scratch-with-thymio-course-product\/\">Scratch with Thymio Course<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><iframe class=\"wp-embedded-content\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts\" security=\"restricted\" style=\"position: absolute; clip: rect(1px, 1px, 1px, 1px);\" title=\"&#8220;Scratch with Thymio Course&#8221; &#8212; Techykids.com\" src=\"https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/product\/scratch-with-thymio-course-product\/embed\/#?secret=24eV4OyUzo#?secret=1ok6zn4nHZ\" data-secret=\"1ok6zn4nHZ\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h2>Need a wireless Thymio? \u00a0Go here:<\/h2>\n<p>https:\/\/www.techykids.com\/product\/education-thymio-package-thymio-remote-memory-card\/<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are excited about the recent developments that allow Thymio to integrate with MIT&#8217;s Scratch programming language. \u00a0The newest version is used best with a\u00a0Wireless Thymio, as there needs to be a constant and stable connection between the computer and Thymio robot. \u00a0A wired Thymio can be used as well, but cannot be\u00a0disconnected at any &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/techykids.com\/staging\/3266\/archives\/17676\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Announcing: Thymio with Scratch, Learn for Free!<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":84028,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[329,375,419,503],"class_list":["post-17676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","tag-mit-scratch","tag-program-thymio-with-scratch","tag-scratch","tag-thymio-2"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Announcing: Thymio with Scratch, Learn for Free! - TechyKids.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/techykids.com\/staging\/3266\/archives\/17676\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Announcing: Thymio with Scratch, Learn for Free! - TechyKids.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"We are excited about the recent developments that allow Thymio to integrate with MIT&#8217;s Scratch programming language. \u00a0The newest version is used best with a\u00a0Wireless Thymio, as there needs to be a constant and stable connection between the computer and Thymio robot. \u00a0A wired Thymio can be used as well, but cannot be\u00a0disconnected at any &hellip; Announcing: Thymio with Scratch, Learn for Free! 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