{"id":689,"date":"2013-03-06T13:50:29","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T13:50:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/?p=689"},"modified":"2013-03-07T00:02:24","modified_gmt":"2013-03-07T00:02:24","slug":"5-resources-to-help-you-teach-kids-programming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/5-resources-to-help-you-teach-kids-programming\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2F5-resources-to-help-you-teach-kids-programming%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kidsWithRobots.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-690\" title=\"kidsWithRobots\" src=\"http:\/\/rosarioconsulting.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kidsWithRobots.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" srcset=\"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kidsWithRobots.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/kidsWithRobots-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>(http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/botguy\/8090983379\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/)<\/p>\n<p>As I have been listening and talking to advocates of STEAM education, I have come to believe that we need to engage young people in science, technology, engineering, <strong>art<\/strong>, and math as early as 3rd or 4th grade. \u00a0 I had the opportunity to start hacking at programming using GW-BASIC when I was six or seven years old. \u00a0 I am forever thankful for my Dad for many things. \u00a0 I, however, am especially thankful that he taught me to start hacking on computers so early. \u00a0 \u00a0It was a great bonding experience for both of us to work on projects and helped launch my career that helps me support my family.<\/p>\n<p>I have been thinking about the idea of creating a learning resource that would support teaching kids and teens how to code. \u00a0 So&#8230;. what can kids learn about computer programming? \u00a0 What is age appropriate? \u00a0 \u00a0What kinds of programs can a student in middle school create? \u00a0 What kinds of software can high school students make?<\/p>\n<p>I wanted to share a few resources and perspectives that I collected.<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2012\/12\/10\/opinion\/rushkoff-code-writing\" target=\"_blank\">Teach U.S. kids to write computer code<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong>: \u00a0Douglas Rushkoff,\u00a0digital literacy advocate for <a href=\"http:\/\/Codecademy.com\" target=\"_blank\">Codecademy.com<\/a> and contributor for CNN, shares 10 reasons to teach young people how to program. \u00a0As we learn human language, we learn to speak, read, and write. \u00a0 \u00a0As our future generation uses technology more, it becomes more important for them to know how to make software&#8230; They can&#8217;t just be consumers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. TEDxManhattanBeach &#8211; Thomas Suarez &#8211; iPhone Application Developer<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ehDAP1OQ9Zw\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><strong>3. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.teachkidstoprogram.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teaching Kids to Program<\/a>:<\/strong> \u00a0This post provides a nice collection of tools that help teach programming to kids. \u00a0 I am very interested in how to teach programming in an age appropriate way. \u00a0 I appreciated the author&#8217;s recommendations about waiting to teach kids until age 7.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.squidoo.com\/teach-computer-programming\" target=\"_blank\">So &#8211; you want to Teach your Kids Computer Programming?<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong> In this post, I appreciated that the author ordered technology recommendations. \u00a0 \u00a0Early recommendations are great for young kids. \u00a0 Technology mentioned later in the post are great for older students.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. <a href=\"http:\/\/java.dzone.com\/news\/36-resources-help-you-teach\" target=\"_blank\">36 Resources To Help You Teach Kids Programming<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0&#8211; Nice index of tools and resources<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Finspiredtoeducate.net%2Finspiredtoeducate%2F5-resources-to-help-you-teach-kids-programming%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/botguy\/8090983379\/sizes\/m\/in\/photostream\/) As I have been listening and talking to advocates of STEAM education, I have come to believe that we need to engage young people in science, technology, engineering, art, and math as early as 3rd or 4th grade. \u00a0 I had the opportunity to start hacking at programming using [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,11,3,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=689"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":692,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/689\/revisions\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/inspiredtoeducate.net\/inspiredtoeducate\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}