Bitsbox

What’s Bitsbox?

With Bitsbox, children learn to program by creating fun apps that work on computers and gadgets like iPads and Android tablets. The Bitsbox.com website provides each child with a virtual tablet and a place to type their code. The experience starts with lots of guidance, first showing learners exactly what to type, then quickly encouraging them to modify and expand their apps by typing in new commands.

What programming language are students learning with Bitsbox?

Bitsbox uses a special set of commands that are written in JavaScript, one of the most popular programming languages in the world. Bitsbox’s commands are short, easy to type, and easy to understand for beginners. As kids progress, they’re introduced to more “raw” JavaScript syntax (vocabulary and grammar). We like to say it’s a “Dick and Jane” approach to teaching language.

Quoted from: www.bitsbox.com/teachers/

Accessing Bitsbox from home:

Students can log into their Bitsbox accounts from home using their PSD70 UserID and password or by logging into their google account. You can access the Bitsbox log in page here: bitsbox.com/code/

To get started try coding:

fill(‘ ‘)

stamp(‘ ‘)

song(‘ ‘)

Fill in the brackets with different code found inside the student account!