Computer Science/Coding
Teaching students to create and make with code? Explore and share resources and strategies, including activities, games, and apps, for teaching kids programming skills and computer science concepts.
How Coding Can Support Language Learning
Focusing on future-ready skills—like computer science and app development—helps English language learners become better critical thinkers and more fluent speakers.610Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The 10 Most Significant Education Studies of 2020
We reviewed hundreds of educational studies in 2020 and then highlighted 10 of the most significant—covering topics from virtual learning to the reading wars and the decline of standardized tests.24.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Grappling With AI Writing Technologies in the Classroom
ChatGPT and other AI tools complicate how teachers think about student writing and how they teach academic integrity.682Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.OctoStudio Teaches Children to Code by Tinkering
Giving children projects with low floors, high ceilings, and wide walls allows them to creatively explore the world around them.391Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Want to Teach Coding? Here’s Where to Begin
Learn more about how to get started teaching students to code—even if you have no prior experience.4.1kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.15+ Ways of Teaching Every Student to Code (Even Without a Computer)
With this collection of resources, you can teach your students to code—even if you’re still learning yourself.5.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Teach Your Kids to Code: 6 Beginner’s Resources for Parents
Introducing computer programming to your kids can be a challenge, especially for those who aren’t familiar with the nuances of code. Fortunately, in the last few years, a number of apps, software, and guides have been produced that make the often-complex subject of computer coding easy to grasp for young learners. So where to begin? These are a few resources that parents can share with their kids to help them start learning about programming.4.7kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Integrating Coding and Robotics Into ELA Classrooms
Coding can help middle school students gain a deeper understanding of ELA concepts and build problem-solving and critical thinking skills.386Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.The Future of Coding in Schools
Mitch Resnick, one of the creators of Scratch, on why he thinks coding should be taught in all schools—it's not the reason you’d expect.2.8kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Dance Into More Engaged Learning
Dance moves and choreography can be useful in boosting students’ interest in and understanding of coding and other subjects.1.9kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.Creating Online Clubs for Students During Remote Learning
A teacher who sponsors a coding club shares how it helps students meet peers with similar interests and feel less alone while learning at home.1.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.8 Great Tools to Bring STEM Into Any Classroom
These tools provide creative ways to integrate coding and digital literacy skills into classrooms across a variety of subjects and grade levels.491Your content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.7 Apps for Teaching Children Coding Skills
If you're concerned that a) elementary school students don't have the ability to code, b) there's no room in the curriculum, and c) you don't possess coding chops to teach programming skills, throw out those worries. Explore these free, or almost free, tools, sites and apps that require no coding background or expertise.3.2kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.How to Get Started Teaching Coding
A three-step plan to help teachers in any subject and any grade teach the foundations of coding.1.4kYour content has been saved!
Go to My Saved Content.3 Ways to Integrate Computer Science in Other Classes
Students can develop computer science skills starting in the early grades—even without a computer—in project-based learning and other units.1kYour content has been saved!
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