My son, who is taking computer programming courses, recently ran into a glitch trying to complete a recent coding assignment. I came across this article in Tech and Learning that was extremely helpful. Not only is it an aid to students, but if you do any social blogging yourself, this may come in handy.
- taken from: David Kapuler, is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. Tech and Learning
- Alice
Storytelling - A free Windows app that is ideal for Digital
Storytelling. This app teaches students how to program by drag-n-dropping
actions/blocks into sequential order. - C
Programming - Want to learn C and C++ programming, this is the
place to start. - ClassTools.net - A site that allows teachers to
create games, quizzes, activities, and more through the use of templates. The
finished product can then be embedded into a site or blog. - Code Academy - A nice free site that allows users
to learn to code for creating websites, games, apps, etc. This is done in step
by step instructions and a user can track their progress. - Code
Avengers - An innovative site that teaches Javascript in 40 short
lessons filled w/ 5 tasks each. HTML/CSS coming soon. - The Code
Player - A nice way to learn HTML5, CSS3, and Javascript through
the use of video tutorials. - Gamestar
Mechanic - A fun site for students to learn how to make
games. - Google Blockly - Is a visual program editor that
reminds me a lot of Alice Storytelling and Scratch, in that a user arranges
blocks of code to create an action. - MIT App
Inventor - A wonderful site filled w/ educational resources from
the creators of Scratch. This site teaches users how to create mobile mobile
apps. - Playfic - A unique site that teaches programming
through the use of Digital Storytelling by text based games. - Programr - A nice site for learning a variety of
programming languages over the web. - Scratch - One of the most popular sites for
students to learn how to program through the creation of interactive games. - Stencyl - A great site for making iOS and flashed
based games by putting blocks together (ie, Scratch). - What2Learn - A nice site for educational games as
well as creating your own. - YoYo
Games - A great company w/ apps for Mac and Win to make
games.
- taken from: David Kapuler, is an educational consultant with more than 10 years of experience working in the K-12 environment. Tech and Learning
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