Bloom into EdTech: The Blog

If you are unfamiliar, Computer Science Education Week is December 9–15 this year, and is a week dedicated to getting students and teachers excited about coding. The Hour of Code is just one venue that you can participate in to get your feet wet coding with your students. If you have never participated in the Hour of Code before, I highly recommend you take a moment and jump on over to the FAQ section to learn more about the awesomeness, as well as to give it a try in your classroom yourself! Although you can technically host an Hour of Code anytime throughout the year, you may eventually want to do more in your classroom. CSEDWeek provides you with ways in which you can bring coding to your school. Regardless if you are a CS Teacher or a classroom teacher, teaching the fundamentals of computational thinking assists students with their critical thinking skills . Below is a brief list of some of my favorite tools. Code.org Price: Free | Privacy Policy | Ages: K-12 ...

Roses are red, Violets are blue. Here are some coding sites just for you. Wow. Sorry. I couldn't help it. It's that time of year again. Where we fall head over heels in love. Why not this year- fall in love with coding? Here are some ideas to get you and your students started! From Tynker: On Cloud Nine Create a Valentine's Card From Google's Made w/ Code: Fall in Love with Code From Thinkful: Code a Valentine's Day eCard

Hello and happy holidays!  Below is a list of free resources to help code you in the holiday spirit! Tynker Holiday Card Google's Made with Code Google's Code Boogie Google's Code a Christmas Card ​ Google's Code Lab

Are you ready? Are you excited?! It's here- The Hour of Code. Although coding should go way beyond the hour... please take this week to become acquainted with the plethora of Websites available to you to assist your students in learning how to code. Here is a Symbaloo Webmix of sites that I use with my students during the week: Happy Coding!

Hello and Happy Halloween! It’s that time of year again when a lot of our beloved coding sites share with us their ghoulish coding puzzles. I have list a few of my favorite below in hopes it will be updated this year: Tynker’s Make-o-Lantern found at: http://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=580794afaf92312a378b45b4 Google’s Made w/ code Yeti Animation found at: https://www.madewithcode.com/projects/animation Tynker’s Trick or Treat Tombs found here: http://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=57ffc005af923193728b4674 Another great coding game from Tynker; Monster High found at: https://www.tynker.com/courses/monster-high/host And another….Halloween Hostage located at: http://www.tynker.com/ide/?p=57ffc093af9231e0738b46d3 Code.org’s “special level” drawing a ghost: https://studio.code.org/s/SpecialSeries/stage/1/puzzle/1 Happy coding!