Free 1-hour consult for schools
Hi Teachers! Welcome to the 2019 school year! To celebrate, Emily de la Pena, General Manager of Coding Kids is offering free 1-hour consult for schools in digital technologies to support your school’s journey. Get a 1-hour free consult and recommendations report with Coding Kids….
How to design your own computer game
Today, we’ll show you how to design your own computer game. We’ve shown you how to build many computer games already, e.g. Pacman and Dragon Castle, now it is time to invent your own. We can build all different types of digital projects with coding…
Tips for winning the Maze Rescue Challenge at Robocup Junior
This weekend, we — Elnaz and Emily — were judges at Robocup Junior Queensland for the Rescue Challenges. We oversaw two divisions: the Line Follow Rescue, and the Maze Rescue. Last year we gave you tips and tricks for the Line Follow Rescue Challenge; this year, the Maze Rescue Challenge was a new addition to Robocup Junior. From having watched many teams compete at many Maze Challenges, here are our tips and tricks for winning in 2018.
Tips and tricks to win Robocup Junior 2019
It is never too early to start planning for next year’s Robocup Junior competition. There are three competition types at Robocup Junior: Dance, Soccer and Rescue.
Scratch 3.0 is here!
Have you heard the news? Scratch 3.0 is here! Both the online version and the downloadable offline editor for the newest version of Scratch were released on 2 January 2019. With the release of Scratch 3.0, however, a number of people are wondering what kinds of cards…
January Microlearning Sprint – Free Teacher PD!
Teachers, join the sprint this January! 3-5 minutes each day for 10 days! What is microlearning? Microlearning is small learning units with highly focused learning outcomes. It involves 3-5 minutes of targeted learning experience. Why microlearning? Microlearning is becoming more relevant in an ever-changing…
Happy Holidays to Everyone!
Happy holidays to everyone! Thank you to all of our partners, our parents, our teachers and our kids for their ongoing support of Coding Kids. Our continuing endeavour to promote digital literacy, and our goal to ensure that all kids are coding by…
7 Mistakes to Avoid When Implementing Digital Technologies
I’ve been supporting schools in implementing the new Digital Technologies subject for 3 years now. Here are the 7 mistakes to avoid when implementing Digital Technologies: Buy first. Think later. The most common mistake made by schools starting to implement the new Digital…
Coding Kids Regional Tour
Coding Kids has been travelling around regional Queensland, delivering coding and robotics workshops for students, as well as professional development workshops for teachers. We had the chance to visit nine different locations: Thursday Island Longreach Mt Isa Ingham Cairns Rockhampton Bundaberg Kingaroy Gympie Noosa Thargomindah…
7 things I learned from Eddie Woo
Eddie Woo spoke at the Teacher Preview Event for World Science Festival Brisbane 2019 at the Queensland Museum. Here are the 7 things I learned from Eddie Woo: 1. Dispositions, not just skills, are a key to teaching STEM. 2. Dispositions lie underneath…