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What We Teach

Our teaching strategy utilizes a number of commercially available apps and equipment as well as a custom Python block-programing interface based on Google Blockly.

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Scratch

With ScratchJr and Scratch, kids can program stories, games, and animations.

More about ScratchJr.
www.scratchjr.org
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More about Scratch:
scratch.mit.edu
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​Python

Python is one of today's most used coding languages.  Kids will learn critical thinking and the semantics of this fun and useful language.

More about Python:
www.python.org​
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Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi is a $35, credit-card sized computer. This device enables kids to explore computing, using hardware, and to learn how to program in languages like Scratch and Python.

​More about Raspberry Pi:
www.raspberrypi.org​
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Common Core

The Common Core is a set of academic standards in math and English language arts/literacy (ELA) that
outline what a student should know and be able to do at the end of each grade.

We use our computer science lessons to teach and review Common Core math and ELA concepts.
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​More about Common Core:
www.corestandards.org​