Programming

The Hour of Code is just one of many different events planned for CSEdWeek. If you are a CS teacher, see our Participation Kit for CS Teachers, and if you plan a special event tell us about it so we can celebrate your hard work.

By on Ask anyone to share a favorite school memory, and it will likely involve making something from scratch. One of my standout experiences from elementary school was learning Logo, a graphic programming language. Logo's still around-along with many new, excellent tools that teach kids basic programming skills.

A $25 computer that fits in the palm of your hand, the Raspberry Pi has the potential to challenge the digital divide and make coding in schools as commonplace as textbooks. Computing could truly become about what kids can make rather than what schools can buy.

Code Avengers is the fun effective way to learn to code web apps and games with HTML, CSS and JavaScript. Beginners of all ages will enjoy the free interactive online HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript lessons. Become a Coding Superhero with CodeAvengers.com!

Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. It's interactive, fun, and you can do it with your friends.

Learn programming with a multiplayer live coding strategy game. You're a wizard, and your spells are JavaScript. Free HTML5 game!

Codecademy is the easiest way to learn how to code. It's interactive, fun, and you can do it with your friends.

Welcome to Code Conquest - a FREE online guide to computer programming for beginners. If you're someone who wants to learn coding, but you haven't got a clue where to start, you've come to the right place. This site has all the step-by-step information you need to get started.

With the Internet an integral part of everyone's daily lives for both business and pleasure, learning basic programming isn't just a smart idea, it's an essential skill for grown-ups and children alike. Learning how to build simple websites and games helps kids hone their design, logic and problem-solving skills, and allows them to express their ideas and creativity in lots of different ways.

Every era demands--and rewards--different skills. In different times and different places, we have taught our children to grow vegetables, build a house, forge a sword or blow a delicate glass, bake bread, create a soufflé, write a story or shoot hoops. Now we are teaching them to code

Learn the basics of programming by helping blueFuzz and his family navigate the Technomazes on the planet Smeeborg!

Coding is the new literacy. With ScratchJr, young children (ages 5-7) learn to program their own interactive stories and games.

Kindergartners use Bee-Bots to explore coding and mapping skills at the Cook SchoolPhotos courtesy of Catherine Cook School

And that’s just what we have to say.
Many of us begin learning code with a fixed mind-set that says, “Everything is as it is now, so if I don’t know how to code, I never will.”