Coding Activities
- Digital Tecnologies Hub https://www.digitaltechnologieshub.edu.au/ Lesson plans and resourses for embedding coding in all KLAs, all designed for the Australian Curriculum . Excellent webinars for teacher PD.
- 5 Minute Activities - Digital Technology Hub: http://bit.ly/2Op3gY2
- Australian Computing Academy (ACA): https://aca.edu.au/ https://youtu.be/3t8UeUAuXY4 . https://aca.edu.au/resources/#dive-into-code
- Code.org: https://code.org/ https://studio.code.org/s/mc/stage/1/puzzle/1
- CodeSpark Academy https://codespark.com/hour-of-code
- CS FIRST https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/c/cs-first/en/cs-first-tutorials/getting-started-with-cs-first/introduction.html https://csfirst.withgoogle.com/s/en/about
- CS Unplugged https://csunplugged.org/en/topics/
- Disney https://partners.disney.com/hour-of-code
- Everyone-can-code https://www.apple.com/au/education/teaching-code/
- Grok Learning, https://youtu.be/9H3nS0xFa3g
- Hopscotch https://www.gethopscotch.com/hour-of-code
- Hour of Code: https://hourofcode.com/au students can choose from a huge range of coding activities. All are free.
- Kodable http://support.kodable.com/en/articles/2484501-hour-of-code-activities
- LightBot https://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html
- makecode https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/makecode
- Made with Code (Google): Girls start out with a love of science and technology, but lose it somewhere along the way. Let’s help encourage that passion in teen girls. https://www.madewithcode.com/projects/
- Teaching Coding in Minecraft: https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/01/07/coding-in-minecraft/ There are also good books to read on this. One is: Galagher, C. (2014) Minecraft in the Classroom: Ideas, Inspiration, and Student Projects for Teachers
- STEM & Coding Website: https://www.youtube.com/c/STEMcoding?app=desktop teachers can access but students may not be able to access it as YouTube is blocked for DoE students.
- Tynker https://www.tynker.com/blog/articles/ideas-and-tips/hourofcode2018/ https://youtu.be/poMgEi8Yhvg
- Writing Algorithms Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDA3_5982h8 (This is so funny!)