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Dyscover is a software system designed to help children with learning disabilities. It can be used to teach characters, numerals, pronunciation, word-association and many more useful and creative things.

A free Windows app that is ideal for Digital Storytelling.  This app teaches students how to program by drag-n-dropping actions/blocks into sequential order.

An innovative site that teaches Javascript in 40 short lessons filled w/ 5 tasks each.  HTML/CSS coming soon.

 A unique site that teaches programming through the use of Digital Storytelling by text based games.

A wonderful site filled w/ educational resources from the creators of Scratch.  This site teaches users how to create mobile apps.

Bootstrap is a standards-based curriculum for middle- and high-school students, which teaches them to program their own videogames using purely algebraic and geometric concepts. We work with schools and teachers to integrate Bootstrap into their algebra classes and technology programs, as well as parents and afterschool programs across the country.

The Computing at School Working Group (CAS) is a grass roots organisation that aims to promote the teaching of Computing at school. CAS is a collaborative partner with the BCS through the BCS Academy of Computing, and has formal support from other industry partners.

Resources and links from Exploring Computer Science

Resources for teaching 3D Modeling with Google Sketchup

Free activities for classroom or home CS Unplugged is a collection of free learning activities that teach Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. The activities introduce students to underlying concepts such as binary numbers, algorithms and data compression, separated from the distractions and technical details we usually see with computers. CS Unplugged is suitable for people of all ages, from elementary school to seniors, and from many countries and backgrounds. Unplugged has been used around the world for over fifteen years, in classrooms, science centers, homes, and even for holiday events in a park!

Resources for teaching discrete mathematics

"Code Hero is a game that teaches you how to make games and save the world with a code ray that shoots Javascript. Become a code hero and shape the future! Code Hero is a co-op first-person science shooter where you use the code ray to manipulate code. Your code ray can copy code like new items and fire it like ammunition to do new things. You can edit new code to do anything you can imagine. You'll learn how to blast the enemy, manipulate the world, and build structures creatively to create the games of your dreams and recruit an army of coders to save the world from rogue AI. "

Over the course of 21 episodes, our friend Bob Tabor from www.LearnVisualStudio.net will teach you the fundamentals of HTML5 & CSS3 programming.

Search the MIT open courses for LOTS of free courses and resources for teaching computer science, discrete math, media arts, and MORE!

iPad game that teaches programming concepts

"The Teacher Roadmap provides instructions for teaching the "Game Development with XNA: Semester 1" material. This is an exciting CS course that allows students to apply their basic foundation in programming to game and simulation development using C# and the XNA framework. The complete curriculum is available below."

"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."

"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"

This site has TONS to do and teaches about diseases, nutrition, physical activity, safety (on and off line), being smart consumers (like how to read through to the message in advertising, and body image)  There is a great teacher integration corner, printables galore...