Category: Coding
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What is software coding: A Simple and Clear Explanation
Simple and clear is often not something you think of when you hear the phrase, software coding. I will give you a simple and clear explanation of coding and help you understand what it means to create software without going ...
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How To Make A Video Game: 5 Elements Great Games Have (Perfect for STEM)
What makes a good video game? In this article, I am going to give you the five key elements you want to include in your video game design and a Game Design Document that is perfect for a STEM/classroom activity. ...
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Music and Programming: A Talk With Dave Recchione
When a friend asked if he can try out the Scratch Coder Course, I thought it would be great. That friend is also a professional with over 30 years of software programming experience. I wasn’t sure what he would think. ...
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Learn Programming At Home: A Free Course To Get Started
We are surrounded by technology. Whether you think it is great or a distraction it really has crept into every part of our lives. Today we communicate with each other using smartphone apps, select movie from our couch after viewing ...
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Program Your Sphero BB-8 In 10 Minutes (Beginner Friendly)
When you hear the words “Star Wars”, what comes to mind? Jedi, light sabres, space duels and…. droids like BB-8 and R2D2. When Star Wars: The Force Awakens hit the theaters in 2016 we met the latest addition to a ...
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Stranger Things And Bob Coding BASIC
My daughter called out to me from our family room, “hey Dad, you have to see this scene from Stranger Things”! There is a character named Bob Newby, played by Sean Astin, telling another character that to hack into the ...
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How To Build A Webpage: Using HTML (Simple Steps)
Hypertext Markup Language or HTML is not an easy sounding phrase nor a technology that remotely sounds like ‘fun’ but it is at the core of so much we do on the internet today. Let me give you a peek ...
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Is Web Page Design Considered ‘Coding’?
Whenever I meet new students wanting to learn how to code, I ask a simple question “have you ever coded?”. The answer is usually “yes” but quickly followed with a “well…sort of”. Some say “yes, I used Microsoft PowerPoint” and ...
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My Top 5 Tips For Teaching Coding
These are my top 5 tips for teaching coding that I applied over the past 20 years. Since I have been teaching students in higher education how to work with technology and young kids how to code, I learned a ...
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