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20 Educational Resources for EU Code Week

20 Educational Resources for EU Code Week

A Pacha Kucha style presentation for ideas/tools/resources to help you introduce programming to your classroom or computer club.

Prepared by @daniel_oreilly from Coder Dojo Armagh for EU Code Week #codeEU @

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November 23, 2013
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  1. EU Week of Code 25 - 30 November Get involved

    & organise a code workshop at your school www.codeweek.eu
  2. CODEACADEMY: Learn to Code • FREE WEB RESOURCE • Wide

    range of languages • Self-Paced Learning • Earn badges for progress • JavaScript/PHP/Python/Ruby • www.codeacademy.org
  3. MOZILLA WEBMAKER • FREE WEB RESOURCE • 'MAKE THE WEB'

    • Earn and store OPEN BADGES • TEACHER or STUDENT resources • A range of web tools • MIX / MAKE / REMIX
  4. APPFURNACE.com Make your own apps • Web based tool •

    Rapidly build your own apps • Graphical Interface • Build Location Aware / GPS apps • Preview in browser or on device • Fee charged to publish to App Store or Google Play
  5. KODU Game Lab • Developed by Microsoft Research • 'Build

    Games | Play Games | Share Games' • Free tool for PC or Xbox • Visual / Menu Driven • Online Community • www.kodugamelab.com
  6. TOUCHDEVELOP.com • Developed by Microsoft Research • 'Create Apps Everywhere'

    • Free App Dev tool for any device with a browser • 'REAL CODE' delivered intuitively • Built in 2D game engine • Excellent online resources
  7. PYTHON iOS or Android App PC or Mac Popular free

    language Enormous amount of online resources
  8. RASPBERRY PI Barebones computer Credit card sized Cheap (£25) Runs

    Linux OS Programmable H/W Inteface Scratch/Python ready 'Hack' friendly www.raspberrypi.org
  9. MIT App Inventor Formerly Google App Inventor Build apps with

    'Lego brick' approach Publish direct to Google Play Visual Coding style Build complex Android apps Free to download
  10. Github SOCIAL NETWORKING for Coders Share & explore projects via

    www.github.com 'BUILD SOFTWARE BETTER, TOGETHER'
  11. CODER DOJO Open Source, Volunteer led, global movement of free

    coding clubs. Started in Cork, Ireland. www.coderdojo.org www.coderdojoarmagh.com Rob Ellis: Coder Dojo Award Winner
  12. –Nolan Bushnell “I can't imagine the future without robots.” Meet

    NAO by Aldebaran Labs $10,000 Commercially available, programmable robot ALTERNATIVES: Arduino, Lego Mindstorm, Lego WeDo www.aldebaran-robotics.com
  13. Quadcopters & Node.js • Parrot AR Drone 2.0 (£250) •

    Laptop running 'free' node.js software • Download 'Nodecopter' library from GitHub or nodecopter.com • 'Program' quadcopter movements from Command Line on your computer • Bits to Atoms