Guest blogger Vicki Davis, a computer science teacher and IT integrator, celebrates Computer Science Education Week with an extensive list of year-round resources for teaching students how to code.
Learn more:
- http://gustmees.wordpress.com/2014/08/24/coding-a-new-trend-in-education-and-a-big-responsibility/
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=makerspace
- http://www.scoop.it/t/21st-century-learning-and-teaching/?tag=Coding
yet another list of great tools to teach computer programming to kids. Good resources there.
I tried some of the hour of code exercises with my 6years old and it's great... she gets it right away and the benefits are instantaenous. She felt "empowered" and pride of her achievment. Very well designed so kids are never overwhelmed by info and instructions.
Maybe not exactly about design abilities, but interesting thing about eLearning how to code.