Community reviews for Code.org

Kids are slowly gradually introduced to programming. There are no solutions offered after the first hour of code, so even as a teacher, it can be frustrating. There are levels of completion so the students have incentives to get through many levels and greater degrees of difficulty. It's a great way for kids to decide if they like programming, and how they can quickly be good at it.

I think this is a great tool. Teachers love how easy it is to implement. It is very engaging for the kids. One kid told me, "It teaches you how to create a game by making you play a game." The videos are also interesting, informative and relevant. Kids enjoy getting advice from experts in the field.

I really liked Code.org. I especially liked the many options for which game activity you wanted to learn to understand coding. I personally preferred the drag-and-drop coding. Code.org kept the students engaging and they were eager to participate. Many students continued their progress at home because they liked this so much! As a teaching tool, it was nice to start together as a class on the projector and then I let the students take off with it on their own. The only criticism I'd say was that one of my students was able to 'hack' into the website to cheat and get to the end level 20, without actually completing the levels. He told me it wasn't a secure site and that it should be.

So far as to introduce coding to my students each year during the "Hour of Code," there's nothing better. They didn't realize they were working and using their brains for computational math. There are a few tweaks I would make to the system, and if you're teaching in depth code, you'll need more.

As a programmer myself, I feel the concepts being taught here are essential. The languages can be learned later. The Hour of Code is a great introduction to see if kids are interested, and the K-8 Intro to Computer Science course, (which is going to be modified to K-5) is a great starting program. There are a few quirks that took me a while to figure out, and some bugs along the way that have been fixed. Teaching the k-8 program requires some practice on your part. Students always struggle on the same spots. One of the most interesting things I discovered in this process was that a lot of my special ed students did well in this class, which gave them confidence. I had two level 1 ELL learners join also. Thankfully they can change the language, and I was able to help them, and make English connections. I am looking forward to the new levels so that I can include more grade levels. I use this program, along with Tynker, Scratch and Codecademy in my after school class. I do require they finish the Code. org course before moving on.

I thought this was great tool to introduce coding to several different grade levels. I liked that there were so many coding opportunities in one place! It was also very helpful to me as the teacher, further explaining coding. There was a nice variety for students to pick from and plenty of support for both student and teaching learning. Students could find a niche in one of the coding websites or apps and extend elsewhere (other websites, apps, clubs...).

This is a very well done site. Because the kids want to get right to the activities they don't stop to watch the videos on their own. Let them explore on the site and then in another class turn off the computers and watch the videos as a group. Ask exploratory questions about what message the speakers in the video are trying to share. You will be glad you have taken the time to do this. The students do find the videos informative and inspiring.

Great way to inspire and teach students about computer programming. Best of all it's free!! You really should complete all 20 levels on your own, before you set up a class (it will also give you code cred!). Easy set up, set up a teacher account and a link to a class. Teachers can see how each student progresses on a dashboard. I posted my link to my shared Google drive and students set up their accounts. Students don't have to enter personal information. Downside is that there is no password reset if they do not enter in an email address. I had my students create a password file and log their user name and password for each site we go to. Students work their way through each challenge independently. Students need headsets. Upon completion of the 20 levels, each student gets a certificate that you can batch print.

I really like code.org as a teaching tool to help kids understand that they can code. They can understand how computers work and feel more confident in STEM areas.

Great website for giving the basic idea on How Computer works, How to program a Computer. I like tutorial and exercise provided by code.org. It is helping me to tech kids now everyone can learn code on own pace, they can do mistakes and learn how debug them...