Free Coding Resources
There are numerous coding resources available to give students an opportunity to explore a possible interest in creativity with coding. This blog post showcases some of those tools.
Tynker for Schools is a resources that allows a teacher to create an account and add students to the account. There are 6 free lessons to introduce students to coding on this site. Click here to sign up and explore.
Code.org is a free resource that has curriculum already created and aligned to standards. This is a turnkey curriculum in that it's written and ready to use. We have used this site with students as young as Kindergarten, but it also has opportunities for students up to grade 12 to learn about coding and programming. Click her to sign up and explore.
Scratch is a free resource. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community…Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Click here to check it out.
Code.org is a free resource that has curriculum already created and aligned to standards. This is a turnkey curriculum in that it's written and ready to use. We have used this site with students as young as Kindergarten, but it also has opportunities for students up to grade 12 to learn about coding and programming. Click her to sign up and explore.
Scratch is a free resource. With Scratch, you can program your own interactive stories, games, and animations — and share your creations with others in the online community…Scratch helps young people learn to think creatively, reason systematically, and work collaboratively — essential skills for life in the 21st century. Click here to check it out.
PETE & C 2018
| Each year the state technology conference is in Hershey, Pennsylvania. This year it was another excellent conference. There was an endless list of opportunities to talk to teachers about how they were using technology in their classrooms and to listen to speakers (mostly teachers, tech coaches and some tech directors) about the ways in which they are integrating technology in their classrooms and districts. I am proud to say that we had a fellow Colonial among the presenters this year. Autumn Zaminski, a 4th grade teacher at CVIS did a teacher poster session about coding and she also collaborated with fellow teachers from other districts to present a workshop on variety of web 2.0 tools that are available to elementary teachers. The great thing about Autumn's presentation was that the majority of the tools presented were tools that did not require students to set up accounts, only the teacher accounts had to be created and students could join, plus all were "FREE". Congratulations to Autumn on a job well done at this years PETE & C. Are you interested is a chance to attend PETE & C for 2019? Every teacher who presents at this years R2R Tech Camp will receive a ticket for each presentation they give. One lucky winner will be drawn out to attend PETE & C 2019. Presenter registration is now open. Click here to submit your request to give a presentation at our R2R Tech Camp. |  Autumn did a poster session, "Coding at the elementary level." |
Padlet Updates
Padlet had added 7 new ways to post to Padlets. Each is listed below along with links to learn more. Padlet is available on iOS, Android and Kindle.
 | DRAW DrawDoodle away on an on-screen canvas. Vibrant colors, smooth strokes, multi-touch friendly. LEARN MORE ABOUT DRAW |
 | Padlet within a Padlet Add an existing Padlet to another Padlet. Kinda like Russian dolls. LEARN MORE ABOUT PADLET INTERLINKING |
 | VoiceRecord audio. Unlimited pause and resume, headphone and external microphone support. LEARN MORE ABOUT VOICE |
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 | MapAdd places. Search any place in the world or use your current location. Choose from 4 different map styles. LEARN MORE ABOUT MAP |
 | GoogleSearch images, YouTube videos, GIFs, and websites. Safe search on by default. LEARN MORE ABOUT SEARCH |
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