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Shodor is a non-profit organization that serves K-12 students and educators by providing materials and instruction that relate to computational science (scientific, interactive computing). Shodor's free online curriculum tools can be used in the classroom.

"A social justice technology program for girls CompuGirls is one of a few programs in the nation to combine culturally relevant teaching, social justice and technology. It provides girls access to technology and the internet they might not have otherwise, as well as peer support, which makes learning easier. CompuGirls is a culturally relevant technology program for adolescent (grades 8-12) girls from under-resourced school districts in the Greater Phoenix area and soon in Colorado. Supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, CompuGirls provides fun summer and after-school classes where participants learn the latest technologies in digital media, games, and virtual worlds and become a voice for social justice and change in the world."

tons of video tutorials

"Welcome to thenewboston! - Free Video Tutorials - Welcome to thenewboston, the ultimate source for free video tutorials on the internet! Here you can find all of thenewboston tutorials organized in an orderly fashion in the Tutorials Section of the website. If you have any request for additional videos, feel free to send me a message by using the "Send in Suggestions" button at the bottom of the website"

Intro to Computer Science and Programming, open course from MIT

This report was used to form the basis for the new DM course in Tech Apps.

Computer Science TED videos

"Downloaded more than 500 thousand times, Learn Python The Hard Way is proving to be an effective and fun book for learning to code. If you've always wanted to learn programming but failed in the past, then this is your next book."

"Etoys is . . . an educational tool for teaching children powerful ideas in compelling ways a media-rich authoring environment and visual programming system a free software program that works on almost all personal computers"

"Smalltalk is a foundational programming language that is based on pervasive message passing, pervasive dynamic strong typing, pervasive reflection and pervasive object orientation. "

software for creating mobile apps created by MIT, including teacher resources, information, tutorials, and more

"This is the code repository for JES, the Jython Environment for Students. It is an educational IDE used in the Media Computation curriculum developed by Mark Guzdial and Barbara Ericson at Georgia Tech. More details on the curriculum are available at http://www.mediacomputation.org/."

Movement to get girls interested in computer science and engineering

open source projects from the MIT media lab

Resources for AP Computer Science

"Welcome to the official website for the Geek Gurl Diaries,  a YouTube web series for teenagers who want to be makers and creators of technology."