Coding Tools and Technology

The following tools can be used by students and software developers to write computer programs.

Blockly

An open source software library for building visual programming environments to teach coding basics.

Blockly Games

A sequence of activities built with Blockly to teach beginner coders the basics of programming.

Coder

A free, open source project that lets educators and parents use a Raspberry Pi to teach basic web development.

Coding with Chrome

An educational IDE built as an offline Chrome App that allows teacher-guided and self-study with tools such as Blockly, JavaScript, Pencil Code, Robots and more.

Pencil Code

A collaborative programming site/environment for exploring coding through drawing art, playing music and creating games.