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An entirely free 9th grade computer science curriculum from Carnegie Mellon University

Byryan January 29, 2019January 29, 2019

“Think, Khan Academy on steroids.”

“This isn’t ‘drag and drop’ programming. We’re teaching [kids] to use Python, a text-based programming language that is the most widely taught language at the university level.” Professor David Kosbie

Currently, CMU’s CS Academy is running its second pilot program of its initial course offering, a 9th grade CS1, Intro to Programming and Computer Science. The course uses a custom graphics package written in Python to introduce students to the programming and problem solving skills required in Computer Science. It requires no prerequisite other than algebra readiness. The Program has 40 participating high schools across the United States and in Rwanda with over 1000 students using the curriculum.

Source: How we’re teaching K-12 students how to code – freeCodeCamp.org

Even if you’re not going to use all of the curriculum, the sandbox is very handy for working with Python.

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Assorted Stuff : Coding for Everyone (Who Wants It)

Byryan July 21, 2016July 18, 2016

Kids certainly need to understand the concepts of programming, the logic behind the computing devices, visible and not, they use everyday. That needs to be a fundamental part of the basic course of study, replacing the rote processing and endless repetition in the K12 curriculum we call “math”. The computer science classes need to be…

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Get a taste of what Artificial Intelligence can do by visiting the AI Dungeon

Byryan November 2, 2019November 2, 2019

Source: Dungeon Dungeon is an interactive fiction adventure that is created through deep learning. Each adventure is dynamically generated based on text from the internet. Because of this, there may be objectionable content in the adventures.

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CaptureCast is another option for recording screencasts with Chrome and Chromebooks

Byryan October 19, 2016October 26, 2016

I stumbled upon another option to record screencasts with Chrome and Chromebooks, CaptureCast. This extension has some nice features that the Nimbus tool doesn’t have. Most notably, webcam, Google Drive, YouTube, and Vimeo support. With CaptureCast, you can overlay your webcam video onto the screencast, or record only your webcam. Once you are finished recording,…

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Allcancode – Run Marco!

Byryan July 28, 2016July 27, 2016

Play Run Marco! an epic adventure game and learn to code i.e. program computers! Designed for 6 to 12 y.o. kids. Source: Allcancode – Run Marco! Have you been through all of the exercises at code.org and want more? Or do you want something different to start your students on programming? Then All Can Code…

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Diagrams, flowcharts and more with draw.io

Byryan July 13, 2016July 12, 2016

Draw.io is a free web application (with a few pay options) which can be used for mind maps, diagraming, flowcharts and more. It works like Visio or Lucid chart, where the user drags items onto the canvas and then connects them. Once connected, they stay connected, and the objects can be moved or resized, depending…

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Little Big City is a pretty cool map and 3D experiment

Byryan August 14, 2018August 14, 2018

Little Big City is an experiment in web 3D graphics using the openstreet map database You can navigate to different locations using the map in the lower right. Unfortunately, there is no search, so you’re stuck either panning across the world or inputing the coordinates. Pretty nifty visualization if you are teaching maps or map reading.

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