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A hands-on tool for preparing students for Oracle Java Foundations Exam 1Z0-811 (free trial)
The CodeGym online gam
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Evaluating Websites
April Fools Day would be a fun day to teach students how to evaluate websites for credibility.
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Tip #5: Incorporate mindfulness into your classroom | Five Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
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Tip #4: Take creative classroom risks | Five Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
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Pi Day Celebrations?
Did anyone else celebrate Pi Day this year? I usually encourage my students to make parody songs. So this year, I joined in. Here's my parody of 7 Years by Lukas Graham: 7 Lines of Code.
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Tip #3: Put systems in place to handle administrative tasks | Five Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
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Twosday Binary Fun
This Twosday (2/22/22) could be a fun day to teach students about binary numbers (base 2)! One of my favorite elementary binary activities is binary bracelets from Code.org.
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Tip #2: Use email features to create balance | Five Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
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Teaching Flowcharts?
Does anyone here teach flowcharts to elementary students? I recently had this thought that flowcharts could be a great way to introduce sequencing, selection, and iteration (the building blocks of an algorithm) to elementary students.
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Tip #1: “No” is a complete sentence | Five Tips for Setting Healthy Boundaries as a Classroom Teacher
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Can You Draw a Computer Scientist?
This would be an interesting experiment to continue with our elementary school classrooms! Ask them to draw computer scientists!