Teaching and Learning through E-Learning

Hey fellow educators! It's awesome to be talking about bringing coding into our classrooms. As a social studies teacher in Taiwan, I totally get that it's a big lift, especially with Common Core and AP prep already filling our plates. But I'm a firm believer that coding is a language just like history is, so here are my two cents on all of this. You know how we tell our students that the only way to really learn about a historical event is to get into the primary sources and debates about it? Well, it's the same with coding! You can't just read about it; you've got to jump in and start building something, because that's where the real learning happens. I checked out that Coding Resource Collection from the Twitter folks, and it's a gold mine! Having so many resources curated in one spot saves us so much time and gives us great ideas for projects, like creating a Scratch game. I decided to jump in and try a ...