Database about Coding in the Curriculum (Begun August 7, 2014)

A searchable database with a wide range of resources about coding: for students and teachers and policy advisors.


        
 
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CODING RESOURCES DATABASE

Name: Guide for Secondary Teachers - Computing in the National Curriculum (UK)
Description: High School Teaching Resource about Coding
URL: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/cas_secondary.pdf
Policy Advice? Yes, contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
Resource File: PDF document UK-CASSecondaryComputing.pdf
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Name: Guide for Primary Teachers - Computing in the National Curriculum (UK)
Description: Elementary & Middle School Teaching Resource about Coding
URL: http://www.computingatschool.org.uk/data/uploads/CASPrimaryComputing.pdf
Policy Advice? Yes, contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
Resource File: PDF document UK-CASPrimaryComputing.pdf
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Name: Ocado - Code For Life
Description: Ocado is an online grocery delivery service, and their "Code For Life" is for UK coding students. Built with Blockly (younger students) and Python (older students)
URL: https://www.codeforlife.education/
Policy Advice? Yes, but not direct advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   Don't know
Free Text-based Tutorial?   Don't know
Commercial Tutorial? Yes, with video, text and graphical instructions
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Name: Codecademy's Curriculum & Teacher Resources (for UK)
Description: Track your students' progress through Codecademy! Or if you're really adventerous, create your own Codecademy courses!!
URL: http://www.codecademy.com/schools/curriculum
Policy Advice? No
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   Yes, with text/graphical instructions
Commercial Tutorial? No
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Name: Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction
Description: What happens if you give a thousand Motorola Zoom tablet PCs to Ethiopian kids who have never even seen a printed word? Within five months, they'll start teaching themselves English while circumventing the security on your OS to customize settings and activate disabled hardware. Whoa.
URL: http://www.dvice.com/archives/2012/10/ethiopian_kids.php
Policy Advice? Yes, contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
Resource File: PDF document Ethiopian kids hack OLPCs in 5 months with zero instruction _ DVICE.pdf
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Name: RSA Replay - Skills for the 21st Century Summit - Coding
Description: Liam Maxwell (Chief Technology Officer, UK Government), Zach Sims (Codeacademy), Moderator - Jemima Kiss (Guardian), Mike Warriner (Google UK). - Paraphrase (12:20-13:30) from UK official:"Need to encourage teachers. We need confident teachers. Several million pounds of bursaries announced today for teachers... 400 master teachers to help other teachers. ... Systemization and standards get in the way of innovative teachers."
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OT_81AJxEp8
Policy Advice? Yes, contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
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Name: David Alston - Interview by Lisa Hrabluk - Part 2
Description: 2:27 - New Brunswick's David Alston discusses Brilliant Labs launch
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCxfi3S5oQw
Policy Advice? Yes, but not direct advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
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Name: David Alston - Interview by Lisa Hrabluk - Part 1
Description: 1:44 - New Brunswick's David Alston discusses how we got to the Brilliant Labs launch
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x_zBaeRspGc
Policy Advice? Yes, but not direct advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
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Name: Startup Kitchen - Interview with David Alston
Description: 14:12 - Oct 2013 - New Brunswick's David Alston advocates for Coding in Schools
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CV7Mij4vWVM
Policy Advice? Yes, video contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
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Name: The Coded Curriculum - Beaver Country Day School
Description: 3:50 - Overview of Boston, Mass. private school that focuses on coding
URL: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TJKS4wF39c
Policy Advice? Yes, contains some Policy Advice
Free Block-based Tutorial?   No
Free Text-based Tutorial?   No
Commercial Tutorial? No
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