20 Resources for Teaching Kids How to Program Code

Educators now admit that the past decades of ITC teaching were flawed. Teaching kids to use MS Word or PowerPoint is not empowering them to join the IT revolution. Current thinking is that everyone should know how to code (at least the fundamentals). This will help everyone understand that computer programs arent something magical, that only a select few can create, but a tool anyone can use. To this end more and more ways of teaching kids to code are being created. This article lists "20 Resources for Teaching Kids How to Program & Code".



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Meet Hopscotch the iOS app teaching kids how to program

Ive blogged before about the growing movement to teach young children how to program. Hopscotch is a new iPad app that lets kids drag and drop blocks of code to create their own programs. Kids can make games, stories, animations, interactive art, apps...if they can imagine it, they can build it with Hopscotch. But the important thing about teaching kids to code is not just that theyll have fun but theyll learn problem solving, critical thinking, and the fundamentals of computer programming. Check Hopscotch out its free and you dont have to be a kid to use it.

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Apps to Get Your Kids Coding on the iPad

Ive blogged before about the importance of teaching children to code rather than just using computers. The iPad Insight blog has recently published an article that showcases iPad apps that will help your kids learn to code in enjoyable and fun ways. Since iPads are so popular with children this could be a very good to way to introduce them to coding. Id expect that some of these apps are also available for Android tablets.

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