3D modelling workshops
Learn to design 3D models in our 3D modelling workshops. We use Tinkercad to design 3D models such as name tags, animals, robots, vehicles, buildings, and more. Tinkercad is a free online tool. Feel free to sign up and start using it. You can learn a…
Hour of code
Sponsor your own Hour of Code event Between 3-9 December, 100,000s of students around the world will celebrate Computer Science Education Week by joining an Hour of Code event. It’s an opportunity for every child to learn how the technology around us works. Coding Kids…
Scratch teacher account
Scratch is a great classroom tool to teach students and young coders how to code using visual programming. You can make all sorts of digital projects with your students, such as building your own computer games, interactive digital artwork, animation movies, and digital solutions to…
Free teacher tools
Are you a primary school teacher? Are you a primary school Head of Curriculum? Are you looking at how to easily introduce digital technologies, coding and robotics at your school? We have two free teacher tools for you. Implement Digital Technologies now 11 tips to…
Free Scratch course lesson plan
It’s easy! You too can teach your own introductory 8-week coding course with these ready-to-use Scratch course lesson plans. These Scratch projects are suitable for coding classes for 8-12 year olds. Children will be able to build their very own computer games, digital artwork and…
Scratch coding worksheets
Here you can find our very popular Scratch coding worksheets. These worksheets are free upon signup. They are a great resource for students to use as a revision tool for our beginners Scratch courses. Our coding worksheets include a vocabulary quiz to consolidate lessons in…
Build your own Dance Dance Revolution game with MaKey MaKey
Coding can be a tactile project. Build your own Dance Dance Revolution game using a MaKey MaKey kit and Scratch. Start coding, build hardware and play a tactile, physical movement computer game.
How to sign up to Thunkable
In this quick tutorial, we’ll teach you how to sign up to Thunkable! We use Thunkable to build iOS and Android apps using drag and drop coding blocks. It’s a fun way for students to learn about app design and computational thinking. Students are…
Top 3 games for Scratch beginners
As I gain experience in game design and preparing lesson plans, I realise that it is actually a lot more difficult to design games for beginner level coders than for advanced level coders. Here are our 3 favourite games for Scratch beginners.
Visual-based vs. Text-based programming languages
We often get asked by people, “What are visual and text-based programming languages? What are the differences between them? Why do we as a company opt to teach kids a visual-based programming language like Scratch to begin with instead of starting them out on text-based ones?” Let us elaborate on these questions for you!