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An ASCII Art Project

https://kidscodecs.com/ascii-art-project/

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ASCII

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII

ASCII Art

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ASCII_art
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/history.htm

The Lost Ancestors of ASCII Art

Examples from the 1890s of art created with characters.
http://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2014/01/the-lost-ancestors-of-ascii-art/283445/

Joan Shark’s ASCII Art Collection

Some clever and amazing examples, plus tutorials and images kids might find fun to recreate.
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/

ASCII Art Tutorials

http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/dcau.htm
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/soviatt.htm
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/rowtutor.htm
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/tutornv.htm
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/targontutor.htm
http://www.geocities.com/spunk1111/faq.htm

Artwork Collections

http://www.incredibleart.org/links/ascii.html
http://www.chris.com/ascii/

ASCII Art Newsgroup

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/alt.ascii-art

ASCII Art Generators

Do you really want to cheat?
http://www.network-science.de/ascii/
http://www.glassgiant.com/ascii/
http://picascii.com/

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Raspberry Pi Projects

https://kidscodecs.com/raspberry-pi-projects/

Where to Buy a Pi

http://www.raspberrypi.org/buy/
https://www.adafruit.com/search?q=raspberry+pi

How to Install Raspberry Pi

http://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/
http://www.raspberrypi.org/help/noobs-setup/

Minecraft on Raspberry Pi

http://pi.minecraft.net/
http://www.raspberrypi.org/tag/minecraft/

How To Setup Minecraft On The Raspberry Pi

Includes screen shots, how to create a desktop icon on your Pi, and comments include solutions to save your Minecraft world. Be sure to read the comments to find issues and workarounds.
http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2013/10/how-to-setup-minecraft-on-the-raspberry-pi/
http://picraftbukkit.webs.com/pi-minecraft-server-how-to

How to Setup a Minecraft Server

http://www.instructables.com/id/Raspberry-Pi-Minecraft-Server/?ALLSTEPS

Programming Minecraft

https://arghbox.wordpress.com/2013/06/13/programming-minecraft-pi-with-python-early-draft/
http://arghbox.files.wordpress.com/2013/06/minecraftbook.pdf
http://www.raspberrypi.org/learning-python-using-codecademy-and-raspberry-pi-minecraft-a-resource-of-great-note/
http://arghbox.wordpress.com/
http://www.stuffaboutcode.com/
http://www.scarabcoder.com/
http://blog.whaleygeek.co.uk/category/raspberry-pi/
http://mcpipy.wordpress.com/

How To Capture Minecraft Screenshots On The Raspberry Pi

http://www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2014/05/how-to-capture-minecraft-screenshots-on-the-raspberry-pi/

Remote Control Your Pi (Look, No Monitor for Pi)

http://trevorappleton.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/remotely-connect-to-raspberry-pi-desktop.html
http://www.instructables.com/id/Setting-up-a-VNC-Server-on-your-Raspberry-Pi/?ALLSTEPS
http://elinux.org/RPi_VNC_Server
http://www.tightvnc.com/download.php

Connect to Your Raspberry Pi with SSH

http://trevorappleton.blogspot.com/2013/03/ssh-into-raspberry-pi.html

The One-Button Audio Book Player

Doesn’t require advanced skills. Do read the comments, however, for links and tips.
http://blogs.fsfe.org/clemens/2012/10/30/the-one-button-audiobook-player/

Wolfram Language for Kids

http://www.calfuntech.cl/pdf/wolfram_language_for_kids.pdf

Coffee Table Pi

http://www.instructables.com/id/Coffee-Table-Pi/?ALLSTEPS
http://www.ikeahackers.net/2013/01/lack-arcade-coffee-table.html

Make Your Garage Door Email, Tweet, or SMS

http://www.richlynch.com/2013/07/27/pi_garage_alert_1/
http://www.richlynch.com/2013/08/04/pi_garage_alert_2/

How to Rename Your Pi

www.raspberrypi-spy.co.uk/2012/11/how-to-rename-your-raspberry-pi/

Build a Raspberry Pi Case with Legos

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1354
http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/1515
http://tdb.brickowl.com/store/the-daily-brick-case-for-raspberry-pi-set

More and More and More Raspberry Pi Projects

https://plus.google.com/+raspberrypi/posts
http://www.raspberrypi.org/resources/
http://readwrite.com/2014/01/21/raspberry-pi-great-projects
http://www.instructables.com/tag/type-id/?sort=none&q=Raspberry+Pi
http://trevorappleton.blogspot.co.uk/
http://www.daveakerman.com/
http://raspi.tv/

Where to Get Help with Raspberry Pi

http://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/
http://www.element14.com/community/community/raspberry-pi
http://elinux.org/RPi_Hub
http://elinux.org/RPi_VerifiedPeripherals

Simple Raspberry Pi Shutdown Button

http://www.instructables.com/id/Simple-Raspberry-Pi-Shutdown-Button/?ALLSTEPS

Computational Thinking Projects

https://kidscodecs.com/computational-thinking-projects/

What is Computational Thinking?

http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/what-is-ct.html

Exploring Computational Thinking (Google)

http://www.google.com/edu/computational-thinking/lessons.html

Describe an Everyday Object

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1aiIXl6M9t9Gq0rtOtcKknxqT4mU9b6q7UbYP-3xlKqk/edit

Search US Patents Online

http://www.uspto.gov/patents/process/search/
https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts
https://www.google.com/?tbm=pts#q=house&safe=off&tbm=pts

Multiplying by Numbers Between 0 and 1

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fVkEDKc28Z3yTvaHwQsMGt5gV1YxTwscJfEr8p4lG28/edit?hl=en

Scientific Method

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scientific_method

Computer Science Unplugged Projects

https://kidscodecs.com/cs-unplugged-projects/

Computer Science (CS) Unplugged

http://csunplugged.com
http://csunplugged.com/activities

CS Unplugged Book (Teachers Edition)

Includes all the exercises and context to help anyone learn.
http://csunplugged.com/teachers-edition
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/unpluggedTeachersMar2010-USletter.pdf

Count the Dots (Binary Numbers)

http://csunplugged.com/binary-numbers
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/unplugged-01-binary_numbers.pdf
http://cse4k12.org/binary/magic_trick.html

The Orange Game (Routing and Deadlock)

http://csunplugged.com/routing-and-deadlock
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/unplugged-10-routing_and_deadlock.pdf

Santa’s Dirty Socks

http://csunplugged.com/divideAndConquer
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/SantasDirtySocksGeneral.pdf

Kid Krypto

http://csunplugged.com/public-key-encryption
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/unplugged-18-public_key_encryption_0.pdf

20 Guesses

http://csunplugged.com/information-theory
http://csunplugged.com/sites/default/files/activity_pdfs_full/unplugged-05-information_theory.pdf

Create a WordPress Website

https://kidscodecs.com/create-a-wordpress-website/

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WordPress

http://www.wordpress.org
http://www.wordpress.org/download
http://www.wordpress.org/support

WordPress Tutorials

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress
http://wordpress.tv/
https://www.youtube.com/user/wpmudev
http://premium.wpmudev.org/blog/

WordPress Plugins

http://www.wordpress.org/plugins
http://premium.wpmudev.org/

WordPress Themes

http://www.wordpress.org/themes
https://thethemefoundry.com/
http://www.woothemes.com/
http://www.meanthemes.com/

FTP Software

https://filezilla-project.org/

Text Editors

http://www.barebones.com/products/textwrangler/
http://notepad-plus-plus.org/
http://macromates.com/ (TextMate)

Install WordPress on Your Own Computer

http://codex.wordpress.org/Installing_WordPress#Installing_WordPress_on_your_own_Computer

Drupal Publishing Software

https://drupal.org/

ExpressionEngine Publishing Software

http://ellislab.com/expressionengine

Joomla Publishing Software

http://www.joomla.org/

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Robots!

https://kidscodecs.com/robots/

Lego Mindstorms

http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/
http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/downloads/software/ddsoftwaredownload/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lego_mindstorm
http://www.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/gettingstarted
http://www.us.lego.com/en-us/mindstorms/community

Sphero

http://www.gosphero.com/sphero-2-0/
http://www.gosphero.com/education/
http://www.kidsruby.com/

Robot Turtles Adventure Quest

http://www.robotturtles.com/
http://www.thinkfun.com/robotturtles
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/danshapiro/robot-turtles-the-board-game-for-little-programmer
http://duxter.com/robotturtles

Logo Programming Language

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_%28programming_language%29
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/logo/programming.html
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/resources/links.html
http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/resources/discussion.html
http://www.transum.org/software/Logo/
http://turtleacademy.com/
http://logo.twentygototen.org/

Codea

https://kidscodecs.com/codea-tutorials/

Codea (iTunes)

http://itunes.apple.com/app/id439571171?mt=8

Codea Resources

http://codea.io
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Home
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Codea%20Programming%20FAQ
http://codea.io/talk/categories/code-sharing
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/CopyingCode
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/HintsAndTips
http://codea.io/talk

Codea Tutorials

https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/ForKids
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Tutorials
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/DrawingTutorial
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/AnimationTutorial
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/TouchTutorial
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/Parameter
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/SensorTutorial

Patrick Coxsall Codea Tutorials (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwfVwIQIZJUXh4Gk7kvR0TQ
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?feature=c4-feed-u&list=PL28ZgPD5H3I07rN55BaYuq65ezTH509Sd
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qRkC7Js9ep0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bogCG07VtX4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CO-9BjxqY9o
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3k0saVH5uA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjwV6PKX1mk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPBuhSaAv0E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CnBnNTH9flw

David Such Codea Tutorials

http://codeatuts.blogspot.com/p/contents.html

Ignatz Codea Tutorials

https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/06/19/index-of-posts/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/10/starting-with-codea/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/page/2/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/page/1/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/28/17-things-i-would-have-liked-to-have-known-sooner/

Ignatz Board Game Tutorial

A high level description of coding FloodIt using Codea, with code from Pastebin and Github.
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/30/18-lessons-from-a-simple-board-game-part-1/
https://coolcodea.wordpress.com/2013/03/31/19-lessons-from-a-simple-board-game-part-2/
http://pastebin.com/pbXLsJ1e
https://gist.github.com/dermotbalson/5346233

Lua Resources

http://www.lua.org/manual/5.2/
http://lua-users.org/
http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/
https://bitbucket.org/TwoLivesLeft/core/wiki/OtherResources
http://luatut.com/crash_course.html

Github Tutorials

https://kidscodecs.com/github-tutorials/

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Github

https://github.com
https://help.github.com/
https://help.github.com/articles/set-up-git

Github Software

https://mac.github.com/
https://mac.github.com/help.html
https://windows.github.com/
https://windows.github.com/help.html

Github Guides Tutorials (YouTube)

https://www.youtube.com/user/GitHubGuides
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLg7s6cbtAD15G8lNyoaYDuKZSKyJrgwB-

Github for Web Designers (Lynda.com)

www.lynda.com/GitHub-tutorials/GitHub-Web-Designers/162276-2.html

Github Tutorials

https://learn.sparkfun.com/tutorials/using-github/all
http://www.kobashicomputing.com/a-github-tutorial

Github for Web Designers (Lynda.com)

Requires a monthly fee but there are many great courses to make the cost worthwhile, including this course.
http://www.lynda.com/GitHub-tutorials/GitHub-Web-Designers/162276-2.html

Understanding Github

A good overview of how non-coders can use Github. Because there are command line software bits which some might consider advanced, this might be a good start for learning how to command line Git instead of Github software.
http://readwrite.com/2013/09/30/understanding-github-a-journey-for-beginners-part-1
http://readwrite.com/2013/10/02/github-for-beginners-part-2

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Alice Tutorials

https://kidscodecs.com/alice-tutorials/

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Alice

http://www.alice.org
http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=what_is_alice/what_is_alice
http://www.alice.org/3.1/index.html
http://www.alice.org/3.1/materials_videos.php
http://www.alice.org/3.1/materials_guide.php
http://www.alice.org/index.php?page=downloads/download_alice3.1

Alice Tutorials

http://www.alice.org/3.1/materials_videos.php
http://www.alice.org/3.1/materials_guide.php
https://academy.oracle.com/self-study/alice/index.html
http://www.cs.duke.edu/csed/alice09/tutorials.php

Getting Started with Java Using Alice 3 (Oracle Academy)

https://academy.oracle.com/self-study/alice/index.html
https://academy.oracle.com/oa-web-introcs-curriculum.html

Alice Resources

http://elvis.rowan.edu/~hartley/Courses/IntroProgramming/MyExamples/index.html
http://home.cc.gatech.edu/TeaParty/57

Alice 3.1 (YouTube)(mwisan1)

A YouTube channel with a number of good tutorial videos for Alice 3.1.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TKjdo187j9U&list=PLL8PIUYQ5rumnIznUteD-i6krzDUrvBRV

Alice 3D Flight Simulator (YouTube)

No audio track (!) but if you expand the video large or full screen you can see how it is done.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2rq4Plw-kk

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Summer Tech Camps and Local Tech Groups

https://kidscodecs.com/summer-tech-camps-groups/

Summer Technology Camps List

https://kidscodecs.com/resources/technology-summer-camps-kids/
https://kidscodecs.com/resources/coding-schools/
https://www.commonsensemedia.org/blog/from-minecraft-to-modding-a-summer-tech-camp-explainer-for-parents

Black Girls Code

http://www.blackgirlscode.com/

Girls Who Code

http://www.girlswhocode.com/

CoderDojo

http://coderdojo.com/

Code Club

Currently 2000+ UK after school groups to teach coding to kids.
https://www.codeclub.org.uk/

Little Miss Geek

http://littlemissgeek.com/

Tech-Girls

http://www.tech-girls.org/events.html

Meetup (Hacking tag)

http://www.meetup.com/find/?offset=0&psize=64&currentpage=1&allMeetups=true&categories=&keywords=hacking&radius=Infinity

How to Build a Guitar

https://kidscodecs.com/how-to-build-a-guitar/

History of Cigar Box Guitars

http://cigarboxguitars.com/about/history

How to Build an Uncle Enos Banjo

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/group/oldschool/forum/topics/build-an-uncle-enos-banjo

The Canjo for $39.99

http://www.cbgitty.com/made-in-the-usa/brewery-lane-series-canjo-3-genesee-cream-ale-steel-can/
http://www.cbgitty.com

Plastic Container Guitar (Artists Helping Children)

http://www.artistshelpingchildren.org/make-guitars-crafts.html

Daddy Mojo Cigar Box Guitars

http://www.daddymojo.com