Teaching Students to Program

Many are calling for computer programming classes to be added as compulsory components of the to K-12 curriculum and be allowed to satisfy math requirements for graduation. References:

• Teach Kids How To Code and You Give Them a Skill For Life, Forbes 12/27/13
• Code.org Educator Resources

Various web sites and resources are available for teaching students to program:

• Code.org Studio
  • WELSTech Sample Classes:
    • Early Elementary - Login credentials
    • Mid Elementary - Login credentials
• Scratch
• Kahn Academy > Computer Programming
• Computer Science Unplugged
• Exploring Computer Science
• Alice
• Code Academy
• Code Combat
• Gamestar Mechanic