Hi Coders!
Hey Parents of K-12 students who are learning remotely:
This is as good time for your kids (and you) to learn a little about Computer Science and Computational Thinking, skills that are important in all careers in today's digital age.
Here are a few free links that might be helps.
Hour of Code is a good place to start for students of all ages.
https://hourofcode.com/us
Code.org - Courses for Pre-K to 12 https://studio.code.org/courses
Scratch - use in Harvards C50 course and with 4th graders in GirlsCodingWithGirls
https://scratch.mit.edu/
Codacademy - Learn Java, Python, HTML and others. A little more advanced.
https://www.codecademy.com/learn
Maqueen and Microbit - best robot I have seen for under $50
https://www.dfrobot.com/product-1872.html
Tutorial with Maqueen and Scratch
https://wiki.dfrobot.com/micro:Maqueen_for_micro:bit_SKU:RO…
An hour a day could be inspirational.
Let me know if you have any questions.