| Name | What? | Website | Other? |
| Hour of Code | DIGI COMP RESOURCE | code.org | Hour long activities - really popular |
| Code Avengers | DIGI COMP RESOURCE | codeavengers.com | NZ Made - used in class at times (2019) |
| Scratch | DIGI COMP RESOURCE | scratch.mit.edu | Used to create each week in class |
| Make Code | DIGI COMP RESOURCE | Make Code | Site for programming the Microbits |
| Swift Playgrounds | FOR APPLE / iPAD ONLY | Swift Playgrounds | Good for iPad activities - teaches coding in 3D world |
| Oodlu | Question games - teacher can see stats of where students struggle | oodlu.org | This is pretty cool - you create questions to check understanding and if they get them right, they get to play a game between questions! |
| Sploder | Arcade style game creation | sploder.com | Kids love this one - easy to use and they can make really cool games |
| Code with Google | Online courses/apps with Google that help teach coding | CODE WITH GOOGLE | Very cool and up to date activities |
| PyGame |
| pygame.org | ADVANCED only |
| Code Combat |
| codecombat.com | Free 1-3 hour course for intro to programming - kids like this platform |
| Turtle Academy | Basic Coding | turtleacademy.com | Beginner |
| Gamestar Mechanic | Game Designing | gamestarmechanic.com |
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| Lightbot |
| Hour of Code - Lightbot |
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| Kodu | Game World Building | kodugamelab.com | Like Minecraft - for Medium to advanced users |
| Crunchzilla | Teaches Coding | crunchzilla.com | Varying levels - Monster, Maven.. |
| Code Academy |
| codeacademy.com | Not free - trial subscription for learning |
| Sphero | Programming | Sphero Activties | Computer coding projects BOOK - $24 by Carol Vorderman |
| OMG Tech - Year 7/8 | Online Coding for Year 7/8 | https://scratch.mit.edu/studios/4665339/ | OMG Tech practise lessons |
| How does Binary Work? | TED ED VIDEO | Binary |
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| Endangered Sounds | Old Tech Sounds | savethesounds.info |
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| Create Games | Gamefroot | make.gamefroot.com |
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| Game Builder | Create online learning games | wisc-online.com/gamebuilder | Different types of game building - templates - Beginner and up |
| Codemoji | students can create and save both animations and basic webpages | Codemoji |
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| BotLogic | Simple directional coding | http://botlogic.us | Beginner and up |
| STENCYL | Downloadable Game Builder | STENCYL | Can be used on multiple platforms - even on android phones |
