Coding
Bee-Bot Online - Resource link Help young students explore & learn basic coding skills by programming a virtual Bee-Bot on several mats including Alphabet, Community, CVC Words, Dice, School, US Coins, Shapes, Colors, and Size, and more.
Hopscotch: Learn to Code Creatively and Make Games on the App Store
Tynker | Coding for kids--Tynker is a creative computing platform where millions of kids have learned to program and built games, apps and more. Tynker offers self-paced online courses for children to learn coding at home, as well as an engaging programming curriculum for schools.Â
TinyTap - Turn Moments Into Games
Kodable - A fun iPad app designed for younger kids that has them controlling fuzzballs to complete each level. Each level deals w/ a simple concept of programming and gets more advanced as they get higher.
Daisy the Dinosaur - A fun iPad app that teaches kids how to program and animate by dragging blocks together and watching Daisy preform the action.
Gamestar Mechanic - A nice site for teachers wanting to teach their students how to program games. This is done by reinforcing skills such as, problem solving, writing, storytelling, and more.
More Hardcore coding
MIT App Inventor | Explore MIT App Inventor
Code Monster - A fantastic very user friendly site that has students learn how to program Javascript by practicing in a side-by-side window and watching what happens as they type in commands.
Codecademy - A interactive site that helps students learn how to program in Javascript, PHP, Ruby, or Python by step by step instructions.
Programmr - A nice way to learn programming by solving coding exercises.
CodePlayer - A nice site to learn HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript through video walkthroughs.
