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A great list of ways to introduce kids to programming.

100 day course to learn Python. In this course, you will build games, apps, and websites by mastering Python programming. Free, I think

Curso universitario de comercio exterior y finanaciamiento usando google code

Code generator produces flashvars required to allow fullscreen display in Google Sites embedded flash video. Messy, but it works.

Good resources to look at over the summer

These rubrics primarily address professional productivity. They are the foundation on which more complex technology and technology-related professional skills are built.

Minecraft and career exploration

Platform for teaching kids to program.

Great site for kids to play around and learn how JavaScript works

This site lets you generate embed codes from URLs for Youtube and Vimeo and other sites directly from an iPad for blog posting.

What if every student (and educator) was a good online researcher?  I know, you don't have the time to teach information fluency skills.  What if you could get a significant advance is skills with just a 2 -3  hour time commitment?  Here's a great Prezi 'fly by" of the new Information Investigator 3.1 online self paced class.  Watch the presentation carefully to find the link to a free code to take the class for evaluation purposes. 

Of course you could always have you school librarian/media specialist teach information skills to your students! That's what they do!

I couldn't agree more. Library Media Specialists, especially when they can collaborate with classroom teachers, are the best resource for teaching these skills. However the problem of access to a Librarian and the issue of scale are real barriers. I've been creating content for Librarians for a decade. They are the best! You'll find years of free resources at: http://21cif.com This resource will help them reach more students. We had 1000 teens take this course at the Center for Talent Development. It really does work. We're hoping to reach teachers and librarians everywhere so we can pass along the skills and the opportunity. If American education was marginally rational there would be professionally staffed library media centers in every school. Since that isn't the case, I hope Internet based resources can keep the lights on for a new generation that really needs information fluency.

"At our small, fast-moving nonprofit company, everyone does a couple of jobs - and productivity apps help us manage roles that shift between coding, writing/designing and running a full-scale conference twice a year. We asked the TED staff what apps they can't live without. And beyond the classics-Instagram, Google Maps, Spotify, Uber, Seamless-we found some great apps that might help you too. (A star denotes that the app is free, or at least has a free version.)"

"Create quiz questions for your pupils to answer on their own devices via the browser using a class code or a link. Unlike many another platforms, you create a quiz by ticking individual questions, which gives you much greater flexibility. See analytics of your pupils' performance instantly."

Create apps without coding using drag and drop. Free to download and use.