Ten Resources for Helping Students Learn to Coding and Programming
http://www.freetech4teachers.com/2014/07/ten-resources-for-helping-students.html
Please consider previous IMS blog posts on the topic:
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=coding
https://blog.stcloudstate.edu/ims/?s=programming
Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/
The MIT App Inventor
App Inventor 2
support documentation and curriculum
Click here to read about a great app developed by students using the MIT App Inventor.
Kid-Friendly Programming Languages
http://www.sciencebuddies.org/science-fair-projects/project_ideas/CompSci_Kid_Programming.shtml
http://gamestarmechanic.com/ ?cid=scibud (use online)
http://www.alice.org/kelleher/ storytelling/index.html
http://fuse.microsoft.com/kodu/
http://education.mit.edu/ drupal/starlogo-tng
http://pygame.org/ download.shtml
How a Teen Knew She was Ready to Teach Computer Coding Skills
http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2014/12/when-is-a-teen-ready-to-teach-computer-coding-skills/
http://www.edutopia.org/blog/7-apps-teaching-children-coding-anna-adam
7 Apps for Teaching Children Coding Skills
GameStar Mechanic
Platform: Web
Cost: $2 per student
Platform: Web
Cost: Free!
Platform: Web
Cost: Free! (with Premium upgrade option)
Platform: iOS (iPad and iPod)
Cost: $2.99
Platform: iPad
Cost: Free!
Platform: iPad
Cost: Free!
Platform: iPad
Cost: Free!
Card game teaches little ones computer coding basics
Co-founder describes Little Codr as ‘Simon Says meets Twister’
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/life/Card+game+teaches+little+ones+computer+coding+basics/10461111/story.html#ixzz3LpD7K211