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Teach Preschoolers How To Code With a Board Game | MindShift
These days, the effort to get more of us writing computer programs has become part of an “everybody should learn to code” ethos that folks like President Obama and Will.I.Am have gotten behind.
“We all depend on technology — to communicate, to bank, [for] information — and none of us know how to read and write code,” Will.I.Am points out in an online ad for Code.org, a nonprofit aimed at making coding more mainstream. Obama said in February that he wants young people to “know how to produce stuff using computers and not just consume stuff.”
There is no shortage of books and online programs teaching you how to code once you can use a computer. But how would you learn to code if you can’t even read? How could 3-year-olds begin to learn the basics of computer programming?
via Teach Preschoolers How To Code With a Board Game | MindShift.
Robot Turtles: The Board Game for Little Programmers by Dan Shapiro — Kickstarter
Robot Turtles is a board game for kids ages 3-8. It takes seconds to learn, minutes to play, and will keep them learning for hours. Kids won’t know it but while they’re playing, they’re learning the fundamentals of programming.
via Robot Turtles: The Board Game for Little Programmers by Dan Shapiro — Kickstarter.
Neil Fraser: News: CS in Vietnam
16 March 2013
During my recent trip to Vietnam I took the opportunity to visit some schools and see how computer science was taught there. Officially, foreigners require permission from the department of education to enter schools. But it’s much simpler (and the results are more representative) to simply show up unannounced. A business card from Google doesn’t hurt either.
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Terrapin Logo
Terrapin Logo is a modern classic!
Terrapin Logo is the latest version of the Logo computer language from Terrapin Software, the world’s oldest and most experienced Logo company. Terrapin Logo includes all the features that make Logo a powerful and fun learning environment along with many exciting new ones that extend Logo’s capability and make it easier to use.
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Teaching Coding: Where Do You Start? | EdSurge News
Soon after I wrote my last article on Edsurge “Where Does Tech-ed Belong in Edtech?,” advocating for the need for computer science education, there was a surprising amount of activity in this area–from President Obama’s interview to the much talked about Code.org video. The timing of my article was purely coincidence, though I wish I could say otherwise!
Now that we are warming up to the idea that we must teach computer science or programming or “coding” in our schools, the next question is “Where do you start?”
continue reading- Teaching Coding: Where Do You Start? | EdSurge News.