Flocking With Lego Mindstorms NXT

http://scottsnowden.co.uk/?page_id=72

A long but very interest post on a project to implement flocking using a group of Lego Mindstorms NXT robots.

 

How Lego Is Constructing the Next Generation of Engineers

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/ideas-innovations/How-Lego-Is-Constructing-the-Next-Generation-of-Engineers-204137981.html?c=y&page=1

Long, excellent article about Legos being used to help get kids interested in engineering.

Scratch 2.0 is now available

http://www.geek.com/apps/mit-releases-scratch-2-0-to-get-kids-coding-in-the-cloud-1554799/

Scratch 2.0 is now available to use, and it brings with it a ton of improvements including Scratch 2.0 allows you to create, edit, and view projects directly in your web browser. (You no longer have to download or upload projects or install any software.)

 

Teaching Kids Programming

http://teachingkidsprogramming.org/blog/teachers-learn-to-teach-programming/

Teaching Kids Programming is an non-profit organization of volunteer programmers and school teachers who have developed a framework designed specifically for teaching basic programming to children aged 10 and up.

Teaching Kids Programming with C# from plural sight

Use this course to teach your kids to program with C#.

A series of very short videos explaining now to program.

For young students, a C# coding workshop for kids

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9238987/For_young_students_a_C_coding_workshop_for_kids?taxonomyId=56&pageNumber=1

Free online course for students as young as 10 is designed to ignite interest in programming

Traveling Circuits

http://travelingcircuits.blogspot.com/

 

Simple, and mostly-inexpensive activities to introduce computational thinking to K-12 children