Ask HN: As a coding teacher in middle / high school, which tools are you using?
11 points by bachmitre 4 years ago | 9 commentsAnd also: which tools (or abilities) are you lacking for a better teaching (and learning) experience ?
- ___luigi 4 years agoI'm not a teacher, but I heard good things about replit https://replit.com/teams-for-education
- replwoacause 4 years agoBut I just saw on the front page that their CEO just strongarmed a little open source guy so...that's a conundrum.
- replwoacause 4 years ago
- ravanpao 4 years agoYou should checkout Teaching Python Podcast run by two teachers teaching Python to middle school kids. https://www.teachingpython.fm/episodes
- cjcassar 4 years agoI think codesandbox is quite good. I always find that one on ones are the best way to enhance the learning experience.
- ryanmentor 4 years agoI have been a teacher, tutor, and head of school clubs, as well as director of education for makerspaces.
The tools to focus on are THE FUNDAMENTALS. The fundamentals start with the framing - that means talking about Software Freedoms and our relationship with technology and society.
Then once the foundations are in place, the Free Tech starts to matter. Linux, Firefox, Devtools + html/js, Scratch etc.
Be sure you're clear on what your own goals are. Are you an entertainer, or an educator?
- bachmitre 4 years agoCurrently neither nor, but I used to teach unix systems administration in evening schools 20 years ago.. now I have children in middle / high school, and I wonder what tools are currently used in schools to teach programming
- bachmitre 4 years ago
- ragnot 4 years agoNot a teacher, but its always good to start kids young on vim: https://vim-adventures.com/
- schwartzworld 4 years agoI would focus on web technologies. Getting something on the screen with html and css is trivial, and JavaScript is very powerful.
Best of all, every computer has a built in JavaScript runtime (web browser). This makes it easy to share what you build with friends and family.
- hulug 4 years agoAs a "coding" teacher I would stop teaching how to "code" and start teaching how to think and solve problems.