Have you done your Hour of Code, yet? So far, I’ve done 8.5 hours of coding this week with my students in various grade levels – with more hours to add today and tomorrow! We’ve used Scratch, Hopscotch, and a board game called Robot Turtles (which I will be describing in detail in tomorrow’s post). For more ideas for Programming for … Read more
Well, I finally did it. With the help of: an Hour of Code Tutorial, a 3rd grader who knows what he’s doing, and what I learned from auditing a class that my daughter took, I finally felt somewhat ready to try Scratch, the free M.I.T. programming language available on the web, with my 3rd grade … Read more
If you haven’t signed up to participate in this week’s Hour of Code, it’s not too late. And, even if you don’t find it possible to get involved this week, I urge you to take a look at all of the wonderful resources. Consider showing your students the basics of programming, and let them take it … Read more
It’s here! This week is Computer Science Education Week. (Check out the Google Doodle to honor Grace Hopper’s birthday, which starts CSEd Week this year!) To celebrate, you are invited to participate in an Hour of Code – a global event during which schools are committing to teach students how to program for at least … Read more
The Hour of Code is scheduled for next week, and I can’t wait to participate. Vicki Davis just posted an excellent resource on Edutopia for those who want to join in the fun. Yesterday, I posted about a new iPad app that you might want to try. And in November, I gave some awesome resources … Read more
What do you do when you have 24 students on their way to a Robotics Club meeting and you find out from a technician that your laptop hard drives have mutinied and need to be re-imaged? If you are like me, you consider asking the technician if he would like to switch jobs for the … Read more