1. Teach Your Kids to Code
Alliance Data, 12/15/2016
Stan Jónsson

2. Some of What I’ve Tried
Hour of code (Web app)
Alice (PC/Mac application)
Scratch (Web app)
Ozobot (Mini robots + iPad app)
LearnToMod (Web app for Minecraft modding)
Hopscotch (iPad) (my kids found this one confusing)

3. Hour of Code
A good place to start
Kids can pick templates from characters they
know
A lot of different web and tablet apps

4. Go to https://code.org/learn

6. Alice
3D programming environment
Makes it easy to create an animation for
telling a story
Drag and drop

8. The code

9. Scratch
Visual block coding
Can pick games others have created as
templates and make your own modifications
Also ScratchJr on iPad for even younger kids
(my 6 year old loves it)

12. Ozobot
Programmable robots
Simple instructions via colored markers and
special color combinations
More complex logic via block code
Kids can “dress up” their ozobot

13. See video at https://youtu.be/zm_H8HXWFZ4

16. LearnToMod.com
Web site for
modifying
Minecraft
Block coding
Kids get to play around with mods they make
Easy to deploy changes into their Minecraft world
Collect coding badges as you complete challenges

17. Tips
Make it fun
Pick a subject they are interested in
Let them control the pace
Positive feedback

18. Resources
Good talk from CodeMash 2016
https://mdc.ilmservice.com/media/1261/
teach-kids-to-code.pdf