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10 Things You Can Do In An Hour

10 Things You Can Do In An Hour

November 26, 2014

Looking for something to do for an hour? We have put our heads together and come up with a list of 10 great activities you can try! 1. Watch 1/3 of The Hobbit

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How to Join the Hour Of Code with Kodable

How to Join the Hour Of Code with Kodable

November 21, 2014

Huzzah! Our favorite time of year is here again! We love participating in the Hour of Code each year because it gives kids the chance to try coding for one hour, something many of them have never done before!

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Kodable Class is Now Just...Kodable!

Kodable Class is Now Just...Kodable!

November 10, 2014

Kodable was founded to make programming accessible to everyone. We want more kids learning to code by making it a fun and inviting experience. To ensure we are meeting that goal, we constantly seek and listen to feedback from you, our users

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Kodable Life Hacks: Create a Fuzz!

Kodable Life Hacks: Create a Fuzz!

October 31, 2014

This Halloween Week, we have had a TON of requests from teachers/students looking to create and design their own Fuzzes. What better way to get into the spirit of Halloween/Coding than creating your own Kodable Fuzz?!

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How I Taught Myself to Code: Cures for the Common Code

How I Taught Myself to Code: Cures for the Common Code

September 12, 2014

In Part One of our series, I told you about how I came to teach myself programming. In Part Two I detailed exactly how I did it. In this final installment of our 3-part series on teaching yourself to code...

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How I Taught Myself to Code: Avoiding the Cliff

How I Taught Myself to Code: Avoiding the Cliff

August 29, 2014

In the first part of this series I told you about my introduction into the world of programming. Now, I will give you a step-by-step account of exactly what I did to learn!

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How I Taught Myself to Code: Hello World!

How I Taught Myself to Code: Hello World!

August 22, 2014

There are so many resources out there for learning to code these days that it can be next to impossible to know where to start. As the sole programmer for Kodable (for now - we’re hiring!), I am completely self-taught.

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5 Ways to Teach Programming Like The Hobbit

5 Ways to Teach Programming Like The Hobbit

July 31, 2014

Wait a second; I know what you are thinking. What on earth does instituting a programming curriculum in your class or school have to do with The Hobbit? Well, as it turns out, quite a lot actually.

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Why Should We Teach Programming?

Why Should We Teach Programming?

July 17, 2014

Are you on the fence on whether or not you should introduce a programming curriculum next school year? The easy answer is that you ABSOLUTELY should!

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Enroll in a Kodable Education Plan

Enroll in a Kodable Education Plan

July 10, 2014

Here at Kodable HQ, we enjoy the occasional complexities in life, but we mostly prefer to keep things simple. Sound familiar? :) After a year of talking with teachers using Kodable in their classrooms...

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Coding for Kids | 5 Reasons to Teach Kids to Code

Coding for Kids | 5 Reasons to Teach Kids to Code

July 7, 2014

Thinking of teaching kids to code or planning a coding curriculum? At Kodable, we believe coding is a huge part of every kids future. Here are 5 reasons we think it coding is so important!

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Thank You

Thank You

July 7, 2014

We started Kodable because we wanted to help prepare kids for a bright future by helping them learn a valuable skill. We are amazed at the positive impact Kodable has had on programming education in such a short time.

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How You Can Change Programming Education

How You Can Change Programming Education

July 7, 2014

Why teach programming? Odds are you already know how important it is to learn to code. But just incase you don’t remember the importance of programming education, I’ll recap.

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How to Participate in a #KidsCanCode Twitter Chat

How to Participate in a #KidsCanCode Twitter Chat

July 7, 2014

For the past month, I have been hosting a weekly programming education Twitter chat on Tuesdays at 8pm EST called #KidsCanCode. Every week, there are new participants who are unsure about what a Twitter chat is or how to participate in one.

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Join the Hour of Code with Kodable

Join the Hour of Code with Kodable

July 7, 2014

This was originally posted on the Kodable Blog on December 5th, 2014. Learn some of the basics of programming for FREE in only an hour by helping the fuzzFamily navigate the Technomazes on the planet Smeeborg!

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