coding Archives - Ditch That Textbook https://ditchthattextbook.com/tag/coding/ Ed tech, creative teaching, less reliance on the textbook. Thu, 30 Nov 2023 04:59:50 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 20+ ways to celebrate the Hour of Code in ANY class https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-celebrate-the-hour-of-code-in-any-class/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=20-ways-to-celebrate-the-hour-of-code-in-any-class https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-celebrate-the-hour-of-code-in-any-class/#comments Mon, 02 Dec 2019 17:41:01 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8512 Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code aim to get people all over the world interested in computer science and will be officially celebrated during the week of December 6-12th. Are you and your students ready? Here are 20 ways to celebrate the Hour of Code in any class. This post is written […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/20-ways-to-celebrate-the-hour-of-code-in-any-class/feed/ 1 25 ways to get kids coding across the curriculum https://ditchthattextbook.com/25-ways-to-get-kids-coding-across-the-curriculum/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=25-ways-to-get-kids-coding-across-the-curriculum https://ditchthattextbook.com/25-ways-to-get-kids-coding-across-the-curriculum/#respond Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:55:46 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8661 Does coding belong in math class? How about science? Or even language arts? The answer is a big YES! How do we bring coding into these other content areas? Here are TONS of great ideas.   Coding is the language of the future — and the present. It empowers people to custom craft a website, create flashy […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/25-ways-to-get-kids-coding-across-the-curriculum/feed/ 0 Beyond the Hour of Code: 20+ free lessons for teaching computer science https://ditchthattextbook.com/beyond-the-hour-of-code-20-free-lessons-for-teaching-computer-science/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=beyond-the-hour-of-code-20-free-lessons-for-teaching-computer-science https://ditchthattextbook.com/beyond-the-hour-of-code-20-free-lessons-for-teaching-computer-science/#comments Mon, 03 Dec 2018 13:15:13 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=8643 This post is written by Owen Peery, a K-5 computer science teacher in San Francisco, California. He is part of the CSinSF team that has made a commitment to expand computer science education to every school K-12 in the San Francisco Unified School District. You can connect with him on Twitter @owenpeery. Computer Science Education Week is the first […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/beyond-the-hour-of-code-20-free-lessons-for-teaching-computer-science/feed/ 1 How to add Hour of Code to YOUR classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-add-hour-of-code-to-your-classroom/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-add-hour-of-code-to-your-classroom https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-add-hour-of-code-to-your-classroom/#respond Fri, 01 Dec 2017 14:21:45 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6142 Coding is a skill that opens doors for students of all backgrounds. No matter where they live, what color their skin is, what their gender is or how much education they have, if someone knows how to code, he/she has opportunities. Companies are begging for coders. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, software developer […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/how-to-add-hour-of-code-to-your-classroom/feed/ 0 Gearing Up for Hour of Code (GTT030) https://ditchthattextbook.com/gearing-up-for-hour-of-code-gtt030/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gearing-up-for-hour-of-code-gtt030 https://ditchthattextbook.com/gearing-up-for-hour-of-code-gtt030/#respond Mon, 13 Nov 2017 21:16:44 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=6031 Think of the most important languages students could learn to prepare them for the future. What makes your list? Chinese? Arabic? Spanish? (Deep down inside, my Spanish teacher heart hopes you picked Spanish …) What about code? Coding — the language used to create apps, computer software, anything on the Internet, etc. — is definitely […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/gearing-up-for-hour-of-code-gtt030/feed/ 0 10 add-ons to Google Classroom you MUST try https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-add-ons-to-google-classroom-you-must-try/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=10-add-ons-to-google-classroom-you-must-try https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-add-ons-to-google-classroom-you-must-try/#comments Thu, 16 Feb 2017 17:35:11 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=5208 The basic functions of Google Drive and Google Classroom are only the starting point for the innovative and creative uses one can use in the classroom. Alice Keeler, my co-author in our upcoming book Ditch That Homework, proves that again and again. Alice is one of the only people I know personally who codes for […]

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]]> https://ditchthattextbook.com/10-add-ons-to-google-classroom-you-must-try/feed/ 4 Don’t give up yet: It’s the perfect time to inspire https://ditchthattextbook.com/dont-give-up-yet-its-the-perfect-time-to-inspire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=dont-give-up-yet-its-the-perfect-time-to-inspire https://ditchthattextbook.com/dont-give-up-yet-its-the-perfect-time-to-inspire/#respond Thu, 24 Apr 2014 10:55:48 +0000 http://ditchthattextbook.com/?p=1744 With summer vacation right around the corner, the end is in sight. It’s so easy to shut down. But we can’t. There’s too much at stake. It seems to happen every year at this time. My lesson plan book gets filled out to the end. At some point about a month before school wraps up, […]

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