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Teaching Kids to Code

Teaching Kids to Code. By Nancy Hecker. What is coding?. Ryan Seacrest explains: http ://www.today.com/video/today/52630136. What are the advantages to teaching kids to code?. It is fun! Requires problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills Utilizes exploration and play

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Teaching Kids to Code

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  1. Teaching Kids to Code By Nancy Hecker

  2. What is coding? • Ryan Seacrest explains: • http://www.today.com/video/today/52630136

  3. What are the advantages to teaching kids to code? • It is fun! • Requires problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills • Utilizes exploration and play • Allows and requires students to make decisions • Appeals to a variety of age groups • Prepares the way for career opportunities

  4. Daisy the Dinosaur • iPad app • Free • For pre-k to third grade • Manipulate daisy to work through challenges

  5. Move the Turtle • iPhone/iPad • $2.99 • For pre-k to third grade • Manipulate the turtle through challenges

  6. Hopscotch • iPad • Free • For students ages 8-12 • Kids select characters or create text objects and manipulate them by dragging and droppings method blocks

  7. Scratch • Web-based • Free • For students ages 8-16 • Develop animations, interactive stories, and games through drag and drop code blocks • Creations can be shared on the site

  8. Stencyl • Windows, Mac, Lunux • Free • Similar to Scratch but games can be published to every platform (iOS, Android, Flash, HTML5, Windows, and Mac)

  9. App Inventor • Web-based • Free • For high school students or older • Uses drag and drop coding blocks to create an Android App

  10. Alice • Windows, Mac, Linux • Free • For older students • 3D environment • Kids can see their code behind the projects in the software

  11. Codeacademyand Khan Academy • Web-based • Free • Middle school students and older • Students can see the changes they make on a split screen

  12. Things to consider • Access • Timing during the school day

  13. References • Pinola, M. (2013). How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code. Retrieved from http://lifehacker.com/how-and-why-to-teach- your-kids-to-code-510588878 • Salter, J. (2013). Coding for Kids: Schoolchildren learn computer programming. Retrieved from http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/10468 46 0/Coding-for-kids-schoolchildren-learn- computer-programming.html • Today. (2013, July 31). Nonprofit teaches kids to write computer code [Video file]. Retrieved from http://www.today.com/video/today/52630136 #52630136

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