Author:
Jon Mattingly
Developing Problem-Solving Skills for Kids | Strategies & Tips
November 30, 2020
We've made teaching problem-solving skills for kids a whole lot easier! Keep reading and comment below with any other tips you have for your classroom!
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Virtual Assessments for Elementary Students
November 20, 2020
The past year has brought a whole new style of teaching to the classroom- hello remote learning and virtual assessments for elementary students!
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The Best Unplugged Sequence Activity for Fall
November 18, 2020
This unplugged sequence activity is the next best thing to visiting the pumpkin patch in person!There’s a corn maze in Fuzztopia and blueFuzz wants to explore, but he’s nervous he’ll get lost!
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Unplugged Coding Activities | The Ultimate Guide for Elementary
November 13, 2020
Your Ultimate Guide for Elementary Unplugged Coding Activities includes 20+ projects that teach real coding concepts while emphasizing computer science mindsets - all with minimal prep and zero tech devices required.
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3 Ways to Increase Student Engagement During Distance Learning
November 12, 2020
Getting elementary students engaged during distance learning can be hard. Keeping them engaged is even harder. We know classroom motivation may be low right now, so we're here to help you increase student engagement!
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Hour of Code 2020: 15 Tips From Real Teachers
November 10, 2020
The 'Hour of Code' 2020 is a worldwide initiative by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to introduce millions of students to one hour of computer science and computer programming.
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Halloween Lesson: Fuzz-tastic Costume Mission
October 26, 2020
The fuzzFamily loves Halloween, their favorite part is the costumes. In this Halloween lesson, YOUR kids will get a chance to dress up the fuzzFamily for trick-or-treating!
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Classroom Bingo to get Kids Coding
June 5, 2020
As the school year comes to a close, there is a constant need to come up with a fun but engaging way to keep students involved. How can we make the most of the ending of this school year before students tune off to summer? I talked with Sam
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Virtual PD: Adjusting to the New Normal
May 23, 2020
The scramble toward distance learning in March highlighted some areas for improvement in the way we teach. How can we take the summer to adapt and grow? I talked with Kodable Ambassador, Carrie Willis about how she is adapting her summer...
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"Learn with Conditions" Coding Activity Mission No. 6
May 15, 2020
Let's talk about Conditions! Conditions are statements that consist of an If and Then part to create an action dependent on something else.
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Coding Activity: "Fashionable Functions" Mission No. 5
April 27, 2020
Let's talk about Functions! Functions are a block of code made up of a set of steps that results in a single specific action. In this Coding Activity, you will learn with functions and be able to style your fuzz however you like.
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Welcome to KODE
March 1, 2019
Our goal at Kodable has always been not to just teach kids how to think like a programmer, but to prepare them to learn a real programming language by the time they reach middle school.
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The 2019 Kodable for Everyone Winners
January 8, 2019
Donating Kodable to Schools in Need. Over the past few months, I’ve had the honor to personally work with hundreds of applicants for our Kodable for Everyone initiative.
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Making Kodable Colorblind Accessible
August 20, 2018
Kodable is a great way for even the youngest kids to learn programming skills because we use elements such as numbers and colors instead of complicated syntax and code.
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Maze Maker Challenge Winners - here at last!
April 18, 2018
Wow! What an exciting month! We received over 30,000 submissions for our Maze Maker Challenge. We were blown away with the quality of some of the mazes that they made, and there were easily hundreds of mazes that could have won!
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The March Maze Maker CHALLENGE!
March 5, 2018
Since we released our Maze Maker 9 months ago, we've been blown away by the ingenuity and creativity that students have shown in creating almost one million mazes!
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Let's Give Computer Science to 100 Schools!
March 22, 2017
At Kodable, we believe in the power of computer science. Not only the ability it gives students to be successful in the world, but in the power it has to change the world. Computer Science is a truly transformative subject.
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Our perspective on "The Gender Gap"
February 13, 2017
Recently, we announced our Elementary Computer Science Standards, and I made the following statement:More girls are not going to be encouraged to code just from a game. Without the instruction and encouragement of a teacher, students...
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