Learn to Code - Tutorials for all: k-12

December 9-13 was Computer Science Week. Schools across the world, 20 million plus students, took part in it by going to the website http://code.org/learn and doing at least one of the tutorials.

It was a fun and enlightening week for some students at WHS. Over 90 Winslow High School computer students and algebra students in my classes and the Computer Club completed at least one tutorial. Many students completed two or more tutorials and others learned even more by doing other tutorials  in programming languages, such as, Python and other programming options, such as, HTML,JavaScript, CSS, JQuery, writing Mobile Apps and others.

For some students it was their first introduction to computer science and programming. They were very enthused and interested in the field. Several students said they had spent hours using the tutorials and learning about some aspect of programming and planned on continuing with the tutorials. This was an option that was not available before. Students didn't need any costly or hard to download programs. The tutorials were set up so all that was needed was included on the web.

 These are other free and in-depth tutorials at code.org and http://codeacademy.com.

Check out the tutorials at Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/cs  and https://www.khanacademy.org/hour-of-code/hour-of-code-tutorial/v/welcome-hour-of-code  and https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/programming

There are also free classes on programming from many colleges and universities, such as, the one at MIT

Watch the "Code Stars" youtube video. Then go to the above links and learn what programming is all about. It can be fun, interesting, challenging, and rewarding.