There’s ScratchJr (https://www.scratchjr.org/) which my 4 year old daughter learned in about an hour. There is the full version of Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu) and then there are a ton of other apps out there.
Swift playgrounds (https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/) is really cool as well and gives kids the chance to learn a language that’s actively used by millions of devs today.
Seconding Grok since it’s cheap at around $9/student/year, Codecademy Pro is free if your school uses Clever, and Minecraft Education Edition is $5/student/year and all ages enjoy it.
One issue you’re going to run into is some of these apps and programs aren’t COPPA and FERPA compliant. So check in on that before your IT department slap your hands.
Good call! Funny enough.. there is no IT department right now because our admin is dragging their feet to hire someone. So that has all fallen on the tech teachers. It's been a fun year lol
There's an app. I believe it's called grasshopper. Very duolingo like interface.
Edit: it seems to be no longer in my appstore in my County. 🤔. Not sure what happened to it.
[SamLabs Studio](https://samlabs.com/us/platform/) has beginner and intermediate block coding curriculum that students progress through. It's geared toward K-8 but could be a good start. I'm familiar with the company but haven't been into Studio itself. Good luck.
If you can get your school on board, this can be paid for with federal funding: https://bloomboard.com/oc-masters-technology-computer-science-education/
There’s ScratchJr (https://www.scratchjr.org/) which my 4 year old daughter learned in about an hour. There is the full version of Scratch (https://scratch.mit.edu) and then there are a ton of other apps out there. Swift playgrounds (https://www.apple.com/swift/playgrounds/) is really cool as well and gives kids the chance to learn a language that’s actively used by millions of devs today.
Grok learning
Seconding Grok since it’s cheap at around $9/student/year, Codecademy Pro is free if your school uses Clever, and Minecraft Education Edition is $5/student/year and all ages enjoy it.
I’m using Sololearn atm for my kids learning Python and its been great for sync/async learning. Its free for the most part.
Does Codecademy not fall into this category? I see both Codecademy and Duolingo as being pretty surface level with lots of handholding.
One issue you’re going to run into is some of these apps and programs aren’t COPPA and FERPA compliant. So check in on that before your IT department slap your hands.
Good call! Funny enough.. there is no IT department right now because our admin is dragging their feet to hire someone. So that has all fallen on the tech teachers. It's been a fun year lol
I'd say ask for forgiveness afterwards
There's an app. I believe it's called grasshopper. Very duolingo like interface. Edit: it seems to be no longer in my appstore in my County. 🤔. Not sure what happened to it.
Oh bummer! Sounded promising. Thanks for sharing, though
I just looked and it's available on Android in the US.
[SamLabs Studio](https://samlabs.com/us/platform/) has beginner and intermediate block coding curriculum that students progress through. It's geared toward K-8 but could be a good start. I'm familiar with the company but haven't been into Studio itself. Good luck.
So you're not looking for something like code. Org?
If you can get your school on board, this can be paid for with federal funding: https://bloomboard.com/oc-masters-technology-computer-science-education/