Author:
Jon Mattingly
Our perspective on "The Gender Gap"
February 13, 2017
Recently, we announced our Elementary Computer Science Standards, and I made the following statement:More girls are not going to be encouraged to code just from a game. Without the instruction and encouragement of a teacher, students...
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12 Questions on Coding and Startups at Kodable
February 7, 2017
A couple months ago, one of our longest-tenured Kodable users sent me an email for a student in her class. She wanted to learn more about computer science, problem solving, and startups, and had a few questions she wanted to ask me.
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Introducing Elementary Computer Science Standards!
January 24, 2017
When coding was first introduced a few years ago, a self-driven, easy to use game was necessary. It needed to be introduced in a quick way for teachers without any previous CS knowledge to be able to fit it into their lessons.
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Learn JavaScript with Kodable
February 25, 2016
It is a big day at Kodable! For the past three years, we have been working toward one goal: making it as easy as possible to teach programming in elementary school!
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Hasta la Vista, Student Limits!
August 11, 2015
Jon here, one of the founders of Kodable. We have some exciting news to share with you! Starting today, we’re removing the student and class limits for Kodable Teacher accounts.
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How I Taught Myself to Code: Cures for the Common Code
September 12, 2014
In Part One of our series, I told you about how I came to teach myself programming. In Part Two I detailed exactly how I did it. In this final installment of our 3-part series on teaching yourself to code...
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How I Taught Myself to Code: Avoiding the Cliff
August 29, 2014
In the first part of this series I told you about my introduction into the world of programming. Now, I will give you a step-by-step account of exactly what I did to learn!
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How I Taught Myself to Code: Hello World!
August 22, 2014
There are so many resources out there for learning to code these days that it can be next to impossible to know where to start. As the sole programmer for Kodable (for now - we’re hiring!), I am completely self-taught.
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