by Mike Agostinelli | Apr 14, 2015 | Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, Media
After a few week hiatus, Keep Kids Coding is back and this week we have a special treat from Kiki! The featured site from CSisFun.com this week is Thinking Myself, which was created by none other then Kiki herself. As you can imagine Kiki not only shows how to use the...
by Mike Agostinelli | Mar 31, 2015 | Common Core State Standards, Curriculum, Digital Design, Hour of Code, Make!, Media, On Our Radar...
If you have ever attended one of our 30 in 50 presentations, you know we are fans of the work at GlassLab Games. After multiple years of being an invitation only beta, GlassLab Games is open to everyone. GlassLab Games philosophy: Deep Learning Matters – Games...
by Mike Agostinelli | Mar 13, 2015 | Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, NCCE 2015 in Portland
This week in Keep Kids Coding, Kiki features Code Maven, a visual coding platform that gives immediate feedback to student coding commands. Code Maven is: Code Maven from Crunchzilla is an interactive tutorial that focuses on action. Code changes immediately yield...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 27, 2015 | Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, Make!, Media, On Our Radar...
This week we are going to look at a much more robust programing environment called Alice. Alice was created at Carnegie Mellon University in the late 90’s as a way to inspire a generation of programers. The platform has evolved over time and is currently in its...
by Mike Agostinelli | Feb 20, 2015 | Get your geek on!, Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, Media, VideoCasts
In this weeks addition of Keep Kids Coding! Kiki looks at an intermediate site from CSisFun.com called Manufactoria. Manufactoria is a puzzle game about putting robots in their proper place. Using conveyor-belts, ‘pullers’ and ‘pushers’...
by Mike Agostinelli | Jan 23, 2015 | Be Awesome!, Hour of Code, Keep Kids Coding!, NCCE 2015 in Portland
We are happy to announce a new Friday feature on the Tech Savvy Teacher blog – Keep Kids Coding! We are honored and privileged to be working with the amazing Kiki Prottsman to bring you this weekly feature. As you will remember from our Hour of Code feature with...
