How to Start Teaching Coding with No Experience & No Equipment: Ed Tech Chat from ISTE Live 2022

From ISTE Live 2022 this week in New Orleans, Ashlynn Schindler-Kota introduces THE Journal readers to CoderZ’s game-based coding education platform that teaches kids ages 8+ coding, STEM, computer science, and critical life skills — and why even teachers with no computer science experience can teach coding using CoderZ. CoderZ’s platform is browser-based and requires no equipment and no software installation.

Learn more or sign up for a free trial at GoCoderZ.com.

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Kristal Kuykendall is editor, 1105 Media Education Group. She can be reached at [email protected].


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