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Great conversations happening over at Edutopia about the Hour of Code and what people are doing. I love it when educators talk and share.

Another exciting tool to use for the Hour of Code - there is a free module anyone can use, but if you purchase the class option you can track and you can use real names and other options for programming. You might want to try it and see what your students think.

The Scratch tutorial with video can be used with students. This is using scratch on the web -- so NOTHING TO INSTALL.This is a great option for many of you to use for the Hour of Code.

Tutorials to teach students of all ages about computational thinking and coding.

Watch this video as you consider joining the Hour of Code in December - think about sharing this with your students. Use this video with your kids - it has Mark Zuckerberg from Facebook, Bill Gates from Microsoft and so many others.

This is a great iPad app which lets you make amazing games with the minimum of coding experience. Use the pre-made characters and props or make your own using your camera or gallery images. Control the behaviour of each item to make some intricate games with a flick of your finger. Your designs are only limited by your imagination. Share your games with others at the click of a button. Download the app at https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/GamePress/id637370800?mt=8 http://ictmagic.wikispaces.com/ICT+%26+Web+Tools

Where to get invite codes from pingfm

You can find the most recent "beta codes" from pingfm on their twitter statuses. This is how I got in.

Way cool tool for quickly creating a horizontal slide show of flickr images. Allows for an embed code for use elsewhere!

Way cool tool to easilt create a flickr horzontal slideshow in seconds. Even creates embed code for use elsewhere!

This website provides tutorials and sample course content so CS students and educators can learn more about current computing technologies and paradigms. In particular, this content is Creative Commons licensed which makes it easy for CS educators to use in their own classes. The Courses section contains tutorials, lecture slides, and problem sets for a variety of topic areas: AJAX Programming Algorithms Distributed Systems Web Security Languages In the Tools 101 section, you will find a set of introductions to some common tools used in Computer Science such as version control systems and databases.

I used this research in writing a grant for securing Amazon Kindle's and using their text to speech feature to help students with reading comprehension. Citation: Sadoski, M. & Paivio, A. (2004). A dual coding theoretical model of reading. In R. B. Ruddell & N. J. Unrau (Eds.), Theoretical models and processes of reading (5th ed.) (pp. 1329-1362). Newark, DE: International Reading Association.

How do browsers and the web actually work? What is HTML5-or HTML, for that matter? What do terms like "cookies" or "cloud computing" even mean? More practically, how can we keep ourselves safe from security threats like viruses when we're online?

QR Code maker

The whitehouse.gov will look the same to most people except that what is behind it is part of the open source movement with the whitehouse code - now powered by Drupal -- is open source. For educators, if you've found administrators objecting to the open source movement, maybe you should consider using the white house as an example.

Our district switched to using Drupal for our site last spring. So glad 'others' are following our lead! :-)

A superb online game which takes learners through coding activities with Python. Complete the tasks to gain points to move to the next area. More suitable for older students.

2 weeks free training for coding and building websites.

A wonderful Dr Who online game where players use basic coding ideas to complete levels. (UK Only)

A mentored PD program helping teachers learn to teach code.

"A superb Android and iOS app which teaches beginners how to code in Java Script with micro projects. The task begin simple, but soon become challenging."