12 Easy Ways to Teach Kids to Code: Hour of Code & CS4Ed Week 2024

Get ready for CS4Ed Week 2024 and the Hour of Code with this special episode of the 10 Minute Teacher Podcast! 🎉 We’re sharing 12 practical and fun coding activities that will inspire creativity and teach kids computational thinking. From gamified platforms like CodeCombat to app development with Mad Learn, hands-on robotics, and unplugged challenges, there’s something here for every educator and student. 💡 What You’ll Learn in This Episode: How to use CodeCombat and Code.org to engage students in coding. Creative ideas like Dance Party, Minecraft, and coding with Anna and Elsa. Hands-on activities with mBot Robots, Arduino Boards, and Hummingbird Kits. Unplugged coding with Hot Wheels for a screen-free coding experience. Why coding is an essential skill for students of all ages. 🎙️ About the Sponsor: This episode is sponsored by Mad Learn, a comprehensive app-building platform that integrates the design thinking process. Learn how to inspire students with app development tools they’ll love: https://coolcatteacher.com/madlearn. 📚 Links and Resources: All resources mentioned in this episode are available at https://www.coolcatteacher.com/e871 👩‍🏫 Host: Vicki Davis, the Cool Cat Teacher®, shares practical tips and tools to inspire educators worldwide. She is a classroom teacher, programmer, author, and Mom.

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Jam-packed with cool classrooms, cool apps, and cool teaching ideas, full-time teacher and award-winning edtech influencer, Vicki Davis, who blogs as the Cool Cat Teacher Blog, loves to interview awesome teachers and educators from around the world on this teacher podcast. Her goal is to interview the most in-classroom teachers on one helpful teacher podcast. This encouraging show will give you quick ideas you can use right away. You can follow Vicki @coolcatteacher on all social media and join the conversation.