 These links are for Dixie School's Hour of Code, but can be used by anyone. (Updated for 2014). I have tried the courses below and found them to be some of the user-friendliest of the Hour of Code modules for beginners. Student projects will be posted to the NorthMarinScratch Scratch account. - A.W.
For Beginners and Grades 1 - 5+
- Scratch Tutorial - for Hour of Code - Choose from 3 projects!
- Learn to Code with Frozen! from Code.org
- Play Lab from Code.org - Make a game
- Code.org Tutorial - Learn looping and conditionals from Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg (and others)! - As of Monday morning 12/8, their servers seem overloaded, so if it doesn't load, try one of the other links.
- Doing Scratch at Home (.pdf) - How to use the Scratch tutorial and get started with Scratch by Alfia
For Beginners and Grades 5+ (good reading skills)
- Javascript with CodeCombat.com 's Rescue Mission (interactive action game)
- Javascript with Khan Academy's Hour of Code (no-nonsense but effective)
More: Code.org's 20 hour K-8 online curriculum - All Hour of Code modules |
