Resources for year 6 teachers on coding and programming

I have been introducing some year 6 (UK) teachers to coding by showing them how to lay out a simple web page by writing HTML. I promised I would find some links to resources for them, so here it is:

HTML and JavaScript

My examples of how to write HTML are at github.com/andybalaam/html-examples

github.com/andybalaam/html-examples

There are several web sites that allow you to experiment with writing HTML and JavaScript and seeing the results immediately:

jsfiddle

repl.it - this also has a "classroom" mode here: repl.it/site/classrooms

jsfiddle

repl.it

repl.it/site/classrooms

I also made some videos about how to make a snowflake animation in both JavaScript and Scratch here: Snowflake Christmas card.

Snowflake Christmas card

Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a cheap education-focussed computer that looks like a piece of circuit board the size of a credit card.

Their educational resources are at: raspberrypi.org/resources.

raspberrypi.org/resources

There are lots of great videos about how to do different things with the Raspberry Pi, including the ones by The Raspberry Pi Guy.

There are also my (boring, but comprehensive) videos teaching you to write a simple game in Python, from a starting point of no programming experience at all: My First Raspberry Pi Game.

The Raspberry Pi Guy

My First Raspberry Pi Game

Graphical programming

There are several tools and sites for learning programming by dragging and dropping blocks instead of typing code:

Scratch - creative, unguided, a bit old-fashined looking but tried-and-trusted

code.org - fun, attractive guided tasks featuring Disney characters, Minecraft etc.

blockly - guided tasks with good progression

codeforlife.education - I've not used this, but it looks like it could have potential

Scratch

code.org

blockly

codeforlife.education

Other languages

Hello, Ruby

Java - Alice

Swift - Playgrounds

Hello, Ruby

Java - Alice

Swift - Playgrounds

Update: there is a huge list of similar resources here: Beginner’s Resources to Learn Programming Languages. Thanks to Erica and Sarah for emailing me the link!

Originally posted at 2017-01-09 16:23:47+00:00. Automatically generated from the original post : apologies for the errors introduced.

Beginner’s Resources to Learn Programming Languages

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