We are expected to teach coding as part of our new curriculum. We have received no training or direction on how to go about this, though. We have a (nearly) class set of Mac laptops and a half class set of quite old iPads that are shared by 260 kids at the school. I know that coding can be taught tech-free, but that doesn't sound as engaging. I'm reasonably good with computers, so once I know where to look, I'm sure that the actual teaching/doing it will be fine. However, I have no leads on good sites/programs/etc to use. We are unable to install apps on our iPads. My kids are grade 5s. Does anyone have any good resources for this?
code.org has a curriculum that is really good. There are several plugged and unplugged activities. The plugged activities only take a web browser to play the games. I like scratchjr, but you have to install an app and it's actually a little too challenging for some of the less tech savvy kids to start with, at least in my school.
Some of my other coding resources are Tinker (lots of great games, I use Puppy Adventure a lot to start elementary kids off on coding--it is also available on Brainpop), Lightbot, Bot Logic, and Blockly Maze. All are web-based and work on my school's not super fantastic laptops
Also, if you want to pair a book with your coding unit, I love Ada Lovelace, Poet of Science.