Five Websites to Teach Coding
1. Code.org
Code.org is a website that is heavily advertised for their
“Hour of Code” program. Some schools have a goal to have students
complete one hour of coding per year. How will they ever learn with only
one hour?! Code.org came up with a great feature called Code Studio. This
allows teachers to add their students in a class and track their progress as
they complete coding levels. It is a great assessment tool.
This site was founded by MIT and provides essential coding
skills to all children for 21st century learning. This
site provides over 40 languages and is used in homes, schools, community
centers, and libraries. Using Scratch helps students create and share
stories with each other and teachers. Students of all ages can use Scratch and it
also allows for an interactive experience in the classroom.
3. Code Monkey
Code Monkey is a programming site allowing students to use
real programming language. This site is accompanied with lesson plans to
help teachers without any computer programming experience. The full
curriculum is included and tracks student progress and achievements. The theme
of the site is a cute monkey trying to gain his bananas back from a gorilla.
This game-based experience makes kids think they aren’t even coding at
all!
4. Botlogic.us
Botlogic is a great puzzle game that is suitable for
children of all ages. This computational puzzle teaches logic to students while
introducing them to basic programming skills. A small robot must make his
way through the maze without running out of battery charge. Students
get creative by figuring out the least number of commands our robot friend must
take to complete the maze.
5. Tynker
Tynker provides coding games for children ages 7 and up. These
fun-filled games begin with visual block based coding and eventually move on to
Java and Python. Along with Tynker, comes curriculum, standards, and
training for educators (which most of us may need). Tynker provides STEM lessons,
robotic lessons, as well as Minecraft for children to explore.
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