Published in Code Club Australia·Jul 20Ready, Set, Moonhack!Moonhack 2022 is getting ready to launch and we are so excited for this year’s new projects! Code Club Australia’s annual, global, online coding challenge is set to launch in 2022 to coincide with World Space Week celebrations. This year we have made our challenge stretch across 2 weeks to…Moonhack3 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Jun 17Australian Curriculum version 9On April 1st, 2022, Australia’s State and Territory Education Ministers endorsed version 9 of the Australian Curriculum. For some, this means exciting times ahead, implementing a new version of the curriculum that has had refinements and improvements made based on research and an extensive consultation process. For others this means…Digital Curriculum3 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·May 10Inspiring your club members to code.Here at Code Club Australia we wanted to share with you some ideas on how to get your Code Club members even more excited about coding. Of course there is no one way to do this, and something that may work for one club may not work for another. …STEM4 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Apr 26Welcoming KayeThis week we welcome Kaye North to Code Club Australia. Kaye has stepped into the role of Community and Engagement Manager and is super excited to start supporting all of our amazing clubs across Australia. Kaye is an experienced teacher from Queensland who has a passion and enthusiasm for supporting…Getkidscoding2 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Mar 7What makes an impact on gender equity in STEM? Three things we can all do to help #breakthebiasIt’s International Women’s Day (IWD). A time to reflect on how far we’ve come, but also how far we still have to go to see gender equity in STEM. 29% female STEM graduates is not enough. At Code Club, we want to give all young people the same opportunity to…STEM4 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Feb 28How to take the first steps beyond block-based codingWhile block-based coding like Scratch, is a fantastic way to get started, text-based coding is important for student growth. Text based coding will give your students experience in an environment used by professional programmers, and will help them build a coding foundation that has no limitations! In our new Learning…Edtech4 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Jan 26Four ways to get your students coding in 2022Term 1 is right around the corner and we hope you’re just as excited to get back into teaching code as we are! …3 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Jan 21Introducing learning paths: a new strategy to get your students codingOne question we often get asked is, how do I know what Code Club project I should pick for my class? With over 100 self-guided projects for young people to learn how to code using tools like Scratch, Python, and more — it’s fair question! That’s why in 2022, we’ve…3 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Nov 21, 2021Making games and thinking outside the boxInterview with Chad Toprak, award winning independent game designer and Director of Freeplay — the world’s largest independent games festival. — In October 2021, our friends at Bunjil Place ran their annual Scratch Coding Competition. Using the Scratch coding platform, young people were invited to create an original game to win some awesome prizes. Not only that, but entries also received feedback from Chad Toprak, Director of Freeplay, the world’s largest…Computer Games3 min read
Published in Code Club Australia·Nov 21, 2021What’s your favourite game?The top games as voted by the Code Club Australia community and how to make your own We love gaming here at Code Club. But what we love more than playing computer games is making our own to share with our friends and family. There are many ways in which…Coding4 min read
