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Hour of Code is a free online tool that teach students the basic understanding of coding. As students complete challenges, they receive completion certificates. Teachers and students can create an account and sign in. By doing this, the progress of the user can be saved and tracked. Themes such as Star Wars, Minecraft and Frozen increase student engagement.
Exploring with Tech Toys:
This free ios App teaches students the basics coding by dragging and dropping. Students will learn how to make Daisy dance and move by learning about sequencing and looping.
Robot Turtles is a board game the teaches the fundamentals of computer coding. This game is ideal for ages 3 to 8. Up to 4 players at one time can play. The cost of the game is approx $25.00
Kodable is available as an App as well as online. This curriculum allows young students to explore the logic and understandings needed in computer programming such as if/then statements and loops. This resources also has a written curriculum to support teachers and parents.
Scratch Junior is an App that allows students to use their coding literacy to solve problems, design projects, and share ideas. Scratch Junior and Scratch is also web based.
Coding Pirates is a free iOS, Android App, and online tool that teaches students to use their coding skills to complete challenges and create their own interactive pirate maps.
Lego We Do's allow students to use authentic Lego to build projects or create projects that are coding to make movement. The coding software allows students to use a drag and drop process to make their creation move. Each Lego We Do kit is approximately $240. The software needs to be downloaded onto a computer.
The Kano is a kit that allows students to build a computer. The kit also comes with software that allows students to complete challenges and solve problems using basic coding skills
Lego Mindstorms allow students to build and program robots out of Lego. Students can design robots to complete a specific task. The robots are controlled by a laptop that has the programming software or the Lego education programming App. Video of Mindstorms in action.
Sphero allows students to learn, play and explore the world of programming robots. Students can program or remote control the tech toy. The approximate cost of a Sphero is $140. There are also many free iOS and Android Apps that can be used to program and explore with Sphero. Sphero Education also has coding challenges for all ages available for free online.
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