#kids can code

10 months ago (one month longer than it takes to get to Mars) we crowdfunded Detective Dot on Kickstarter, with backers from 30+ countries (thank you!). After lots of user testing and just the 160 rewrites, Detective Dot is here! We’re extremely proud of Detective Dot. Kids love it. Schools love it too. And so does President Barack Obama*.

*Not really.

Lexi, CIA agent, receives her top secret package. 

Here’s us packaging up your goodies.

And, there’s a surprise! Not only did we make the Detective Dot book, but we also made a Children’s Intelligence Agency membership pack, so that kids can join the CIA and get start asking difficult questions, asap. The goody pack comes complete with a shiny (biodegradable) membership card, 7 top-secret, super-important CIA missions, a personalised invitation to join the force, and CIA sticker badges. All kids can join the CIA here - www.ciakids.org/join.

You can get your mitts on Dot directly on our website. No middle men. No middle women. Unless you’d like the ebook, which is available on Amazon. The mothership of review hotspots. Or Google Books, iBooks, Kobo too.

A real child loves our book.

What’s that you said? You want to tell everyone you know about it but can’t be bothered to write the words? No problem, we did that here. And we snuck in discount codes.   

To our backers: We really want you to review Detective Dot on Amazon (you don’t need to repurchase the book), and most importantly, please send in your kids’ completed CIA missions.

Seriously, check out this CIA application that came in the mail.

Thanks again to all our amazing supporters!

The Rise of Coding: How One Rural District Is Changing With The Times

MinnPost | Erin Hinrichs When second-graders come in to Bryce Jacobson’s media classroom for their 25-minute coding lessons, they know the drill. After briefly touching base, they disperse across the library — crawling into bookshelf cubbies or sprawling out on the floor — and log into their coding program on their iPads. Seated at a table, Kendall Malin, 8, begins sequencing arrows and commands…

Apple’s New Game That Teaches Kids How To Code

Time Magazine | Lisa Eadicicco Swift Playgrounds is the latest effort to help kids learn to become programmers One recent evening, I spent my 40-minute commute guiding a friendly cyclops around a maze in search of gems. After moving the creature with a series of taps, he managed to navigate his way across the puzzle to advance to the next stage. What I’m describing could be the premise of any…

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Photon is the first robot in the world that develops together with your child. It makes a child’s first steps in the world of new technology easily accessible, fun and most importantly educational.

Photon is integrated with child-friendly applications for smartphones and tablets that let them interact with their robot by giving him commands. The apps were designed to be intuitive, easy to use and to allow the children be a part of some memorable adventures! They let kids program the robot in an intuitive graphical programming language, designed specifically for children.

Pure Science, Zero Fiction : Story of a Robot That Develops With Children

Kids can code: Cleaning blocks with Photon Robot. 

Minecraft and The Hour of Code

VentureBeat – Paul Sawers Microsoft has announced a partnership with Code.org that will bring Minecraft into the education curriculum. Mojang, the Sweden-based game development studio that shot to prominence due to its work on Minecraft, was acquired by Microsoft for $2.5 billion last year. Founded in 2013, Code.org is a non-profit organization that seeks to encourage computer science uptake in…

10 Doubts Teachers have About Teaching Coding

According to a recent Gallup research a surprising 85% of parents, 75% of teachers and 68% of principals say that computer science education is “just as important” or “more important” than teaching required courses like math, science, history and English. Yet, over 25% of schools do not have access to computer classes or computer clubs of any time.

Here are a few myths that might be holding…