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Introductory Programming

Scratch

is a programming language that makes it easy to create your own interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your creations on the web.

Alice

is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to share on the web. An introductory teaching tool for computing, it uses 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less frustrating first programming experience.

BeeperBot

BeeperBot, or BB for short, is a programming environment to control a primitive graphical robot that exists in a two dimensional grid world. We often refer to the robot as BB itself. The robot can only interact with walls and beepers.

PET

PET (or the Program Exploration Tool) is an easy-to-learn programming language which is executed inside a separate user interface panel.

• Beeper Bot & PET resources
  Application, sample programs and manuals
  Introductory computing notes

Web

Learn HTML, CSS, Javascript and other languages of the web.

teaches web fundamentals (and then some) through a series of interactive lessons.

is a multi-player live coding game that teaches you how to code a basic website using HTML and CSS.

teaches Javascript through an interactive role-playing game.

Intro to Coding

has an Edmonton Chapter that puts on various beginner-friendly coding workshops.

Intermediate/Advanced Programming

Advanced Scratch

is an advanced offshoot of Scratch which attempts to extend the brilliant accessibility of Scratch to somewhat older users-in particular, non-CS-major computer science students-without becoming inaccessible to its original audience.

is another advanced version of Scratch. With a host of new features such as file and webpage manipulation and advanced colour sensing, cloning and much more besides, Panther provides advanced usage for avid Scratchers around the globe.

Java

Java is a programming language and computing platform first released by Sun Microsystems in 1995. It is the underlying technology that powers state-of-the-art programs including utilities, games, and business applications.

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Gaming

is a model for AI scripting being developed by the Department of Computing Science at the U of A. The model is pattern template based, sllowing designers to quickly build complex behaviours without doing explicit programming.

Other Resources

offers hundreds of tutorials in Scratch, Alice, Java, JavaScript, C++ and more.

is a channel on YouTube that offers video tutorials covering Java, C++, iPhone tutorials and more.

is an experienced and active high school CS teacher in ºÚÁϲ»´òìÈ who maintains and can be contacted for more information on AP and IB Computer Science materials.

is a collection of articles providing discussion, ideas for K-8 classroom activities and curriculum development, and resources for local advocacy efforts.

Competitions and Challenges

On most of these competition sites, you will find past exams, solutions and test data that can be used to prepare for other challenges like the Iverson Exam!

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