JavaScript

Challenges

• Try an Hour of Code activity to see if you are interested in coding with Javascript (compared to using the blocks with Scratch)

• Join Blackbird and complete their free lessons

• After getting comfortable with Blackbird, try using 1/2 the class to continue with Blackbird and 1/2 to explore CodeCombat

• Create your own original project(s) with Javascript, especially with the help of the book JavaScript for Kids

Samples

Tools

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Resources & How-To's

• Blackbird

• CodeCombat (programming basics)

• CodeHS Javascript

• Hour of Code

  • CodeCombat for Hour of Code

    • CodeCombat: Code, Play, Create

    • CodeCombat: Build an Arcade Game!

  • Code Avengers - Build a Game with JavaScript

  • Code Avengers - Drawing Flags with JavaScript

  • Code Avengers - Build a Photo Booth App

  • Khan Academy Hour of Code Tutorial

  • Globaloria MakeQuest (Carnegie Learning) Grade 5+

  • Interactive Art: Bringing Art to Life with Code Grade 7+

  • Pong & Bonk.io Grade 7+

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  • CodeAcademy Hour of Code Tutorial

  • The Hour of Code with CodeHS

  • Code Avengers JavaScript Quiz Game for Hour of Code

  • Making drawings with code (Khan Academy - Hour of Code)

• Code Academy - Introduction to JavaScript

  • Codecademy - Glossary of Java Script Terms

• Code Avengers - HTML, Javascript, and CSS for Web Pages, Apps or Games

• Khan Academy - Computer Programming (yes this is JavaScript)

  • Intro to JS: Drawing & Animation (Khan Academy)

• Lynda.com JavaScript video courses ($25 a month - free 7 day trial - or free with Baldwin or West Bloomfield Library Card)

• Hakitzu Elite: Robot Hackers (free iPad app)

  • Hakitzu-Promising AI Platform Blurs Lines Between Gaming and Learning