Happy New Year!

Welcome Back!

I'm looking forward to a fun and exciting second semester in the Technology Lab!

We are going full steam ahead with our new typing program: Type To Learn 4.  If you would like your child to be able to log in from home, please click on the TTL4 link -- to the right -- to download the program to your home computer.  (Our Account Code is: 152721.)

I received a lot of positive feedback about the Hour of Code we did in December, and many of you have asked how the kids can do more.  The good news is that you have a bunch of options:

All of the Hour of Code activities are still available online, for FREE.  I've put the links in the "Quick Links" section to the right.

Scratch programming is part of my curriculum for 3rd-5th grades this year.  We will probably start sometime after Spring Break.

There are also a number of online, after-school, weekend, and summer coding programs available for kids.  Below is a partial list:

CMCS Coding & Computer Animation Club -- at Community (after school program)
Join me on Wednesdays after school (starting 1/22) and learn to code in this fun and educational program.  Based on the curriculum designed by code.org, students will engage in exciting and creative coding activities similar to our December Hour of Code.  For more information, or to sign up, please contact Martha Melinda in Community's after-school program..

CoderDojo -- Various Locations (weekend classes)

KidsCanCode -- Various Locations (many program options)

iDTech Camp -- UCLA (Summer Program)

Digital Arts & Media Academy -- UCLA (Summer Program)

Planet Bravo's Techno-Tainment Camp -- Various Locations (Summer Program)

Codecademy -- Online Program

Code School -- Online Program

Khan Academy -- Online Program

Turtle Academy -- Online Program

Scratch -- Online Program

Code Monster -- Online Program

Hackety Hack -- Online Program

If you know of a good coding program for kids, please let me know and I will add it to my list!