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Teaching code in the classroom presents two challenges: Creating a curriculum that’s effective Training teachers to teach that curriculum. In other words, teaching teachers to code. The solution The option that makes the most sense is having a curriculum (and app) that teaches both teachers and students. The advantage of this approach is that as…

I wrote an entire book (and got it published!) in preparation for the new StudioWeb curriculum. I’ve been creating courses since 2003; courses which mainly targeted an adult audience. With StudioWeb, all of a sudden the majority of the students became kids. StudioWeb has taught me that teaching younger students (as young as 10) is…

Hi, My new StudioWeb walkthrough video: Thanks for watching! Stefan Mischook Studioweb.com

Just with StudioWeb’s HTML, CSS and JavaScript Beginners courses, you have 40 projects/assignments you can handout. They can be used as team projects and for individual students as well. Pair Programming – a real-world style of coding Let me first quote Wikipedia: Pair programming (sometimes referred to as peer programming) is an agile software development technique…

English-language learners (and disadvantaged students) stand to benefit the most from learning to code. Here are just a few reasons: There is a huge demand in tech-related vocational jobs that are high paying ($70k/year,) that don’t require a university degree. All coding languages (ex: HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python, PHP) are based in English – ELLs…

I was reading an article on the debate in Florida, whether to allow kids to learn code instead of a foreign language. I can offer some perspective here, since I am a coder who speaks English and French. What has been more valuable in my life: knowing French, or knowing how to code? Coding has…