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This is an online programming suite for kids. It closely resembles MIT's Scratch, but it has improved on a few features and striped away some others. One great feature is that students can sign on with a Google Apps for Education account. Plus, because it is made with HTML5 you can use it on most modern devices, including on Android tablets and iPads. Via ICTmagic
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Gamified approach on Scratch
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The LEGO® Education WeDo Construction Set is an easy-to-use set that introduces young students to robotics when combined with the LEGO Education WeDo Software v.1.2 and Activity Pack.
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Lego construction set as an introduction for robotics
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The Guardian (blog)
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Snap! "Scratch without a ceiling" (and it runs in your browser)
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Information and links regarding teaching programming to children.
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lots of tools in this nice overview
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Learn the basics of programming by helping blueFuzz and his family navigate the Technomazes on the planet Smeeborg!
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iPad app that teaches the basics of programming to kids 5 and up
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Belgian initiative for kids coders. Already 250 participants!
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Light-bot is back, more puzzling than ever! Use programmer-style logic to tell the bot how to light up all the blue tiles! Functions, conditionals, recursion, expert levels- many different features for new and old players.
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this is a nice starter: if your kid likes solving these kinds of puzzles he/she should definitely start coding. Starts easy but turns quickly into brain-challenges!
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Fully automated paper plane folding machine, even got its own compressor. The video speed is about three times faster the normal. It is 150cm long and 40cm w...
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not for beginners ;-)
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"Scratch alike IDE that allows you to simulate and build Android apps. Even connects with Lego Mindstorms so you build a robot that can be controlled with a Android device.
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With this piece of software you can use Scratch to code with a Kinect, the motion controller of the Xbox. Wunder which types of motion based games kids will come up...
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Let's learn to program!
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Teach yourself to code. Interactive, giving you feedback. Fun with kids who like to self explore. |
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Robocode is a programming game, where the goal is to develop a robot battle tank to battle against other tanks in Java or .NET.
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TechCrunch is a leading technology media property, dedicated to obsessively profiling startups, reviewing new Internet products, and breaking tech news.
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Scratch 2.0 is out!
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This free online pixel editor is amazingly simple. Build on the work of others and share your creations, or start fresh and create something new.
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this looks promising!
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Hopscotch is a brand new iPad app that teaches kids coding. It allows them to create an interactive program on the iPad by dragging blocks of code and dropping them into a scripting area. No typing...
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an iPad app to teach the kids the basics
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Belgian initiative end of May to show kids how cool technology it.
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De nieuwe Lego EV3 Mindstorms zijn verbeterd en kunnen nu zelfs worden geprogrammeerd met een iPhone of iPad. Via Paul Koning
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new generation Mindstorms coming up! Second half of 2013.
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Python Challenge home page,
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for the experts!
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Code Monster is an easy way to get kids excited about programming.
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Nice (although limited) way of learning javascript
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In Estland krijgen kinderen al van in de lagere school lessen in computervaardigheid. Het aandeel dat informatica er opeist wordt stilaan gelijkwaardig aan dat van rekenen en taal. Het onderwijs werkt er toekomstgericht.
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In Estland kids from 10 start with coding in school, even toddlers get basic education! |
Scratch-like coding that can also be used on an iPad.
looks like another interesting find / project from ICT Magic