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Combine Soft Skills With Programming To Empower Students

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Empower students by designing lessons that combine soft skills with programming. Soft skills are traits that describe a person’s work habits such as curious, logical, meticulous, persistent, creative, team player, and communicator. They include qualities that influence how a person approaches a task, solves problems, interacts with others, and resolves conflicts. Soft skills not only […]

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How to Make a Flowchart for Programming Easy to Understand

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When teaching programming to beginners it is important your students understand how to make a flowchart. A flowchart is a diagram that uses shapes, lines, and arrows to sequence steps. It is a visual way of representing the input, output, decisions, and calculations that take place within a program. There are many benefits to including

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Web Based Coding is Easy with the TechnoHTML Update

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Many teachers need web based coding options. This year, teaching and learning is happening in diverse settings using many types of devices. This has made it a challenge to standardize instruction. The solution to any coding, computer science, or web design unit is to use a free web-based coding app or service. TechnoHTML Update Recently

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Celebrate Learning with a Coding Presentation

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A great way to end a programming unit or coding workshop is to have students give a coding presentation. This provides a valuable opportunity for students to reflect upon the learning experience. Moreover, it develops strong communication skills, which are highly valued in the workplace. What is a Coding Presentation? Programmers often need to give

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Easy for Kids – Simplify Teaching HTML with Trinket.io

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Teaching HTML to children is easy with Trinket.io. This free service allows students to write, edit, preview, and publish a web page in the Chrome web browser. This is ideal for teachers who want to standardize instruction amongst devices. Instead, of having students using different HTML text editors, everyone can use the same one. Of

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Teaching Python on Chromebooks is Easy with Trinket

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When teaching Python on Chromebooks it can be difficult to find an extension that allows students to easily write, edit, run, and save their programs. There are a few extensions available, however often they do not import Libraries such as Turtle or display images, which makes some programming activities for beginners impossible to complete. A

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Collaboration and Coding is Fun and Fosters Team Work

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Collaboration and coding are two skills a successful programmer seamlessly merges together to design high quality programs. Programming requires teamwork. In fact, to build and deploy a program involves many people that have a diverse skill set. Collaboration and Coding Prepares Students for the Workplace To get student ready for STEM careers, teachers should include

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