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DIY Professional Learning Part 2

By Guest Bloggers Andrea Tejedor & Sheri McNair

Design your own DIY (Do-It-Yourself) learning that leads to edtech, coding, and makerspace certificates.

Scratch, A Free and Powerful Platform for Learning to Code

By TL Editors

Scratch is a powerful platform for learning to code because it not only teaches all the essential concepts of coding but can also be easily integrated into almost any subject area.

Top Ten Makerspace Favorites of 2018

By Laura Fleming

It is critical to select products that work best to support your makerspace.

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Play On! Three Trends We’ll See In Tech Toys In 2019

By Kimberly Mosley

While tech is a kid’s entertainment and learning buddy today, it’s their ticket to their future tomorrow.

For Better Wizardry, Try the Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit

By TL Editors

Kano is spotlighting its Harry Potter Kano Coding Kit, a DIY kit that shows you how to build a Bluetooth Coding Wand, learn to code with step-by-step creative challenges, and make magic, with a wave, twist and a twirl.

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Coding Resources for the New Year

By Deborah Marshall and Lisa McKnight Ward

The Hour of Code activities are not just for this hour or day. They are available all year round.

Sphero Introduces Way for Kids to Compose Code

By TL Editors

Specdrums connects coding and technology with kids’ ability to move and tap to create rhythm and sound.

Create Simple Animated Stories With Codeable Crafts

By Tech & Learning

Codeable Crafts is a clever reworking of introductory coding, combining simple crafting (coloring, stickers, cut-out shapes) with visual block-based coding

Free Tool a Great Launching Pad for Young Coders

By TL Editors

Google’s Made with Code aims to introduce girls to the world of coding through various resources including tutorials, videos, partner projects, and community connections.

KinderLab Robotics Offers Two Free KIBO Activities for the Worldwide Hour of Code Event

By TL Editors

5 Resources to Find Tons of Free Fun Unplugged Coding Activities!

By Shelly Terrell

The Best Free Hour of Code Resources for Classroom Coding Activities

By TL Editors

Teachers are preparing for December's Hour of Code, a global movement designed to promote coding skills.

8 Wonderful Websites for Easy Coding Activities for Any Age or Level!

By Shelly Terrell

BACK OFFICE BUSINESS: University of New Hampshire Hosts State’s Second Annual Cyber Robotics Coding Competition (CRCC)

By TL Editors

CRCC is an eight-week virtual coding competition in that provides students and educators the opportunity to build STEM related skills using a cloud-based simulation platform featuring a virtual, 3D animated robot.

Adventure Game/Curriculum Teaches Coding Through Gameplay

By TL Editors

CodeCombat's "play first" approach gets kids gaming long before it occurs to them they might want to learn computer programming.

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Great Tool Introduces Teens to Coding

By TL Editors

Vidcode aims to get teen girls excited about coding by emphasizing creativity and social media culture and expression.

Participate in the Hour of Code with these Great Products

By Shannon Mersand

Since its launch in 2013, the Hour of Code has introduced more than 625,750,509 people ages four to 104, in more than 180 countries, to basic coding and computer science concepts.