Monthly Archives: October 2013

My Paperless Classroom: Coding with the Littles, Where to Start on the Ipad K-4

When can we start coding with kids?  Once I started working in a tablet-augmented environment, I had to find out what resources are available for coding on tablets.  There are some great tools for teaching programming skills and thinking to … Continue reading

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Can Learning to Knit Help Learning to Code? | MindShift

“Thinking is like cosmic knitting,” Waldorf school founder Rudolph Steiner wrote nearly one hundred years ago. Steiner  developed a comprehensive handwork curriculum for Waldorf students based on this idea, filled with knitting, sewing and woodworking, believing that “a person who … Continue reading

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Coding Nation | Kapor Center

The Kapor Center has collected information on 300+ programs or software that teach youth and adults elements of computer science and coding. This is not an exhaustive list, as this field is rapidly growing. As stated in the introduction, we’re … Continue reading

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techBASIC App Builder

Write your apps in techBASIC on your iPad or iPhone. That’s where you use them, and that’s where you write them! techBASIC makes it easy to write apps with interactive graphics, apps that connect to Bluetooth LE and other sensors, … Continue reading

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S4A

S4A is a Scratch modification that allows for simple programming of the Arduino open source hardware platform. It provides new blocks for managing sensors and actuators connected to Arduino. There is also a sensors report board similar to the PicoBoard … Continue reading

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Hungarian Folk Dance Sorting

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scratch-unplugged – Scratch Programs for Computer Science Unplugged – Google Project Hosting

These projects test the capabilities of Scratch by implementing the algorithms in the CS Unplugged activities. Possible uses: To demonstrate algorithms without carrying out the activities. Review the activities that were done elsewhere. Facilitate the transition from the activities to … Continue reading

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Introduction ← BrickPi

We would like to introduce the BrickPi : a project at Dexter Industries to turn the Raspberry Pi into a robot.The BrickPi is a slide-on board that turns your Raspberry Pi into a robot.  The BrickPi helps you connect LEGO® … Continue reading

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Code-to-Learn Foundation

THE CODE-TO-LEARN FOUNDATION PROMOTES computational fluency for everyone. The Foundation supports projects that engage young people in learning through coding, enabling them to develop as creative thinkers, designers, and innovators. The Foundation believes that young people, as they learn to … Continue reading

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