April 15, 2016
Earth Day is quickly approaching. We can all take advantage of this chance to highlight what it truly means to take care of our planet. Particularly in a time where every day seems to bring a new challenge for the human race.
Read More: 4 Earth Day Activities to Empower Your Students
April 8, 2016
Last week your students got an upgrade to Kodable with the release of Bug World on iOS, but now it’s your turn! We’re always listening to your feedback and as a result made some changes to your teacher dashboard that we think you’ll LOVE!
Read More: New and Improved Tools for Teaching Coding
March 30, 2016
Education is changing! I’m sure you feel it too. You don’t have to choose between three educational content providers. There are hundreds of growing companies eager to solve challenges and needs of 21st-century classrooms.
Read More: 5 Tips for Making Purchases in Education
February 25, 2016
It is a big day at Kodable! For the past three years, we have been working toward one goal: making it as easy as possible to teach programming in elementary school!
Read More: Learn JavaScript with Kodable
October 29, 2015
The Hour of Code is an annual celebration of the ever-growing culture of programming and connected learning. The Hour of Code is an invitation to schools and teachers to bring programming into the learning space and see the possibilities.
Read More: Sam Patterson's 5 Tips to ROCK the Hour of Code
October 22, 2015
Inspired by parents who were teachers, 21 year teaching veteran Kaye Rueschhoff has worked relentlessly to bring herself up to speed in the constantly evolving digital world.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Kaye Rueschhoff
October 16, 2015
Teach your students the fundamentals of sequence with our new fuzzFamily Fever activity! Worksheets and directions are included and available for download below. Happy coding!
Read More: Learn to Code: New Sequence ActivityOctober 15, 2015
Our Teacher of the Week caught our eye in a news feature on the amazing work that she's doing for The Wilson School. We were lucky enough to catch up with Melika Panneri.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Melika PanneriOctober 8, 2015
This week's feature is an example of how collaboration and teamwork can set the tone for innovation and success. We are honored to introduce you to Principal Anne Jenks and Kindergarten teacher Letty Batista.
Read More: McKinna Elementary: Anne Jenks and Letty BatistaOctober 1, 2015
We are honored to introduce Jaime Chanter, of Horace Mann and Grant Elementary. Jaime's teaching career was sparked by learning the value of helping others, and we're inspired after hearing how one teacher's passion is equipping students.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Jaime Chanter
September 25, 2015
Communication, collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity: skills that are vital to being a successful 21st Century adult, and are directly linked with the style of learning that is demanded by the Common Core.
Read More: Coding: Strategies for Integrating the 4 c's and the Common CoreSeptember 24, 2015
Meet Polly Meissner, a media specialist who teaches coding at eight elementary schools, and learn how she uses it to build students’ confidence, collaboration, and problem-solving skills.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Polly Meissner
September 18, 2015
Teachers are constantly required to gauge student learning and report on student progress. To do this, we confer with students, do whole group checks throughout lessons, and constantly assess student learning formally and informally.
Read More: Measuring Coding Progress: 5 Ways to Check for UnderstandingSeptember 17, 2015
As a student, what I loved most about school was knowing I was loved and appreciated by my teachers. The experiences I had being cared for as a person by my own teachers shaped the way I interacted with my students when I became a teacher.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Episode 3September 10, 2015
Our featured teacher this week is no stranger to Kodable. Jen is an active contributor to our weekly #KidsCanCode Twitter chat, and was one of the awesome classroom hosts on our Kodable Road Trip tour last year.
Read More: Teacher of the Week: Episode 2
September 8, 2015
Back to School Night is an exciting time to engage with families and start building relationships that will benefit students throughout the year and beyond.
Read More: 5 Tips for a Successful Back to School NightSeptember 3, 2015
Teachers are absolute rockstars and the world doesn't hear enough about it. We know how hard our teachers are working to get their kids coding and developing 21st Century skills and want everyone else to know, too.
Read More: Introducing Kodable Teacher of the Week : Episode 1
August 11, 2015
Jon here, one of the founders of Kodable. We have some exciting news to share with you! Starting today, we’re removing the student and class limits for Kodable Teacher accounts.
Read More: Hasta la Vista, Student Limits!