Teach your kids to code
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The document provides tips and resources for teaching kids to code. It discusses several coding platforms including Hour of Code, Alice, Scratch, Ozobot, and LearnToMod. For each, it provides a brief description and highlights features. It emphasizes finding activities tied to subjects kids find interesting, letting them work at their own pace, and providing positive feedback. Overall, the document aims to introduce parents to different options for introducing coding to children in a fun and engaging way.
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Teach your kids to code
- 1. Teach Your Kids to Code Alliance Data, 12/15/2016 Stan Jónsson
- 2. Some of What I’ve Tried Hour of code (Web app) Alice (PC/Mac application) Scratch (Web app) Ozobot (Mini robots + iPad app) LearnToMod (Web app for Minecraft modding) Hopscotch (iPad) (my kids found this one confusing)
- 3. Hour of Code A good place to start Kids can pick templates from characters they know A lot of different web and tablet apps
- 6. Alice 3D programming environment Makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story Drag and drop
- 8. The code
- 9. Scratch Visual block coding Can pick games others have created as templates and make your own modifications Also ScratchJr on iPad for even younger kids (my 6 year old loves it)
- 12. Ozobot Programmable robots Simple instructions via colored markers and special color combinations More complex logic via block code Kids can “dress up” their ozobot
- 13. See video at https://youtu.be/zm_H8HXWFZ4
- 16. LearnToMod.com Web site for modifying Minecraft Block coding Kids get to play around with mods they make Easy to deploy changes into their Minecraft world Collect coding badges as you complete challenges
- 17. Tips Make it fun Pick a subject they are interested in Let them control the pace Positive feedback
- 18. Resources Good talk from CodeMash 2016 https://mdc.ilmservice.com/media/1261/ teach-kids-to-code.pdf