Comment on I just spoke to 80 first graders about programming for career day.parentComments−jjacobsonOP12yI wanted to leverage the parallax scrolling background with Reveal and make it fun.And as soon as I plugged in the projector the entire classroom erupted with shouts of "Mario!!!!"−wodenokoto12yThat's great! I actually didn't expect them to recognize the 8bit graphics.What really prompted me to ask was the "The princess is in another castle" reference at the end.−ktsmith12yBeing around 7-8 year olds pretty frequently, and having a 5 year old myself, I would have been surprised if they didn't recognize it and get excited.
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I wanted to leverage the parallax scrolling background with Reveal and make it fun.
And as soon as I plugged in the projector the entire classroom erupted with shouts of "Mario!!!!"
That's great! I actually didn't expect them to recognize the 8bit graphics.
What really prompted me to ask was the "The princess is in another castle" reference at the end.
Being around 7-8 year olds pretty frequently, and having a 5 year old myself, I would have been surprised if they didn't recognize it and get excited.