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20 Educational Resources
for EU Code Week
Twitter: @daniel_oreilly
www.ammacentre.org
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EU Week of
Code
25 - 30 November
Get involved & organise a code
workshop at your school
www.codeweek.eu
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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
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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
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www.code.org
'Learn to code interactively for free'
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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
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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
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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
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PYTHON
iOS or Android App
PC or Mac
Popular free language
Enormous amount of online resources
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ARDUINO
Programmable Microcontroller
Real world applications
Electronics & Programming
Robotics
Bits to Atoms
Cheap
www.arduino.cc
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RASPBERRY PI
Barebones computer
Credit card sized
Cheap (£25)
Runs Linux OS
Programmable H/W Inteface
Scratch/Python ready
'Hack' friendly
www.raspberrypi.org
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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
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Develop iOS or Android games on your Mac
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www.yoyogames.com
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Cyborg
Cockroaches??
Hack a live cockroach!
(Not recommended)
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Github
SOCIAL NETWORKING for Coders
Share & explore projects via www.github.com
'BUILD SOFTWARE BETTER, TOGETHER'
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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
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THINKSPACE.co.uk
Open Source, Volunteer led, global movement of free coding clubs.
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Programming language designed to introduce
children to programming.
Browser based | FREE | Easy to use
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–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
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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
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20 Educational Resources
for EU Code Week
www.ammacentre.org
www.coderdojoarmagh.com