Potato Pirates with Tat Leong

05/18/20 • 22 min

KidsLab - a podcast for parents and educators passionate about STEAM education

We’re talking to Tat Leong, the CTO of Codomo from Singapore about Potato Pirates, a fun coding game for the whole family.

The Codomo team is made up of pioneer students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, where problem-solving via design thinking was a central component of their studies.

Their first Kickstarter was a game called Potato Pirates. Potato Pirates is a coding card game that is designed to get children to learn 10 hours of programming concepts in just 30 minutes without computers. Codomo has also designed a curriculum that integrates with Scratch, making coding less intimidating, more engaging, and lots of fun.

We’re talking to Tat Leong, the CTO of Codomo from Singapore about Potato Pirates, a fun coding game for the whole family.

The Codomo team is made up of pioneer students from the Singapore University of Technology and Design, where problem-solving via design thinking was a central component of their studies.

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