Instructional Video2:01
Khan Academy

What is Programming?, Intro to JS: Drawing and Animation, Computer Programming

For Students 5th - Higher Ed
It's time to unleash your class's inner geek. This introductory video starts one on a path of learning to code. It is the first in a series of videos that help you learn the fundamentals of coding. The series focuses on producing art and...
Instructional Video5:06
Khan Academy

Local and Global Variables, Computer Programming

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
This video explains the difference between local and global variables in JavaScript programming without getting into the nitty gritty of variable lifetimes. Using a small coding example with a function defined, the author shows how a...
Instructional Video3:00
Khan Academy

Mouse Interaction, Computer Programming

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Drawing objects based on where the user's mouse is located can be a beneficial and fun coding activity for new JavaScript coders. Here, the speaker shows how to use the mouseY and mouseX variables in a small section of code that draws a...
Instructional Video
Khan Academy

More While Loops: Balloon Hopper

For Students 6th - Higher Ed
Starting with an empty computer screen for a coder can be as intimidating as a bare canvas to a painter or a blank sheet of paper to a writer. Where do you start? If you know what you are trying to build, then you just pick something and...
Instructional Video4:19
GCFGlobal.org

Solving Real-Life Problems in Excel

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Jane has 20 bananas and gives 16 away; how many are left? Microsoft Excel can help with that! A video provides a brief overview of the software program. Viewers learn how to use planning, basic math, and knowledge to solve real-life...
Instructional Video11:37
Crash Course

The World Wide Web: Crash Course Computer Science #30

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
Wait, the World Wide Web and the Internet aren't the same thing? Young computer scientists learn how the World Wide Web is like a program that runs on the Internet system. The 30th Crash Course Computer Science video also explains...
Instructional Video6:42
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TED-Ed

The Artists | Think Like A Coder, Ep 5

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Create a diversion! Continuing the quest to save the world, the hero of the series needs to find an artifact inside a tower. To distract the guards, she programs a robot to vandalize some artwork. Viewers learn how to apply loops and...
Instructional Video3:55
GCFGlobal.org

Excel 2016: Formatting Cells

For Students 9th - Higher Ed Standards
Help young computer wizards make their spreadsheets stand out. Video viewers learn how to format their cells in the program. Specifically, they discover how to change fonts, choose a color scheme, add cell borders, and so much more!
Instructional Video6:00
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TED-Ed

The Train Heist | Think Like A Coder, Ep 4

For Students 6th - 12th Standards
Robots come in handy when planning a train heist. The hero and her robot continue their quest to find artifacts to save the world. They must locate and steal the Node of Power on a specific car of a train by writing computer code for the...