A Structured computer science curriculum emphasizing key vocabulary and concepts, must be supported with other programming experiences such as Scratch or Flash.
Community Review for Code.org
My Take
A great visual explanation of programming concepts required for games and apps. The teacher interface shows student progress and attempts, successes and failures. Contains videos from industry leaders such as Bill Gates. Videos contain a fair mix of male and female industry leaders. The teacher interface is somewhat hokey. Student usernames are on one screen, password resets are on another. If a student has a very long username it is hard to figure out what it is. Solution: students should create accounts with a uniform username such as firstname_class#_school.
How I Use It
I use Code.org to introduce students to computer science concepts such as condition statements, variables, and logic. I support these objectives with Scratch projects such as game creation, drawing apps, exercises and experiences.