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It was Rachael!
Rachael, a teacher for 30 years had recently been put in charge of teaching Digital Technologies at her school… The move put her in the spotlight as a teacher nearing retirement. She had spent too much time ignoring the younger teachers and the parents laughing behind her back and making jokes about her age and her ability to teach the Digital curriculum. "I have had enough…" she decided. "I'll show them exactly what this 'Old Lady' can do with my 'IT' skills!"
Follow the links below to learn more about coding!
The home of Hour of Code, Code.org incudes interactive tutorials and projects for grades K-5 and 6-12, staring off with block coding before moving into Javascript, HTML and CSS. It’s a comprehensive resource, perfect for learning to code in the classroom or at home.
Click here to go to code.org.
For kids aged 8-16 years, Scratch provides a fabulous, intuitive platform where kids can program interactive stories, games, and animations using block programming — and share their creations with others in a supportive online community. Younger children can learn too with Scratch Jr app, created for 5-7 year olds.
Click here to go to Scratch.
Blockly teaches kids to code through a series of block programming puzzles. For each puzzle, kids drag and drop blocks of code to solve a specific challenge. Blockly is a simple tool created for children who have not had any prior experience with computer programming. Children need to be able to read independently to progress through the puzzles without adult assistance.
Click here to go to Blockly.
