MI Digi-Comp Learning Links

• Hour of Code
  DIGI COMP RESOURCE Hour long activities - really popular
• Code Avengers
  DIGI COMP RESOURCE NZ Made - used in class at times (2019)
• Scratch
  DIGI COMP RESOURCE Used to create each week in class
• Make Code
  DIGI COMP RESOURCE Site for programming the Microbits
• Swift Playgrounds
  FOR APPLE / iPAD ONLY Good for iPad activities - teaches coding in 3D world
• Oodlu
  Question games - teacher can see stats of where students struggle 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 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 Very cool and up to date activities
• PyGame
  ADVANCED only
• Code Combat
  Free 1-3 hour course for intro to programming - kids like this platform
• Turtle Academy
  Basic Coding - Beginner
• Gamestar Mechanic
  Game Designing
• Lightbot
• Kodu
  Game World Building Like Minecraft - for Medium to advanced users
• Crunchzilla
  Teaches Coding Varying levels - Monster, Maven..
• Code Academy
  Not free - trial subscription for learning
• Sphero
  Programming - Computer coding projects BOOK - $24 by Carol Vorderman
• OMG Tech - Year 7/8
  Online Coding for Year 7/8 OMG Tech practise lessons
• How does Binary Work?
  TED ED VIDEO
• Endangered Sounds
  Old Tech Sounds
• Create Games
  Gamefroot
• Game Builder
  Create online learning games Different types of game building - templates - Beginner and up
• Codemoji
  Students can create and save both animations and basic webpages
• BotLogic
  Simple directional coding Beginner and up
• STENCYL
  Downloadable Game Builder Can be used on multiple platforms - even on android phones