Block programming refers to using blocks that represent code blocks in a high level language to create programs. Coders pull blocks from a library and click them together to sequence an instruction set. Block programming has exploded as people are starting to learn how to code at a younger and younger age.

These lesson series use "Scratch" and "App Inventor". "Scratch" is a web platform created by MIT Media Lab's Lifelong Kindergarten group and opened the doors to elementary and middle schoolers around the world to learn how to code. App Inventor was a joint venture between Google and MIT's Center for Mobile Learning and resulted in a similar platform that allows sophisticated mobile apps to be developed and published on Google's App Marketplace.

If you are a mature beginner or intermediate programmer, choose this pathway which uses game design as the vehicle to push the curriculum. Budding coders learn the fundamentals using JavaScript or Python. At the end of each couse, students are asked to build 2D games from the ground up.

Also included in this pathway is an AP Computer Science curriculum that teaches using the Java language. Learners are able to learn one step at a time using the textbook and put everything into context by completing a series of engaging projects.

If you would like an insight into how websites like Instagram, Twitter, and Facebook work, look no further. By the end of this lesson series, you will know how they created each of those sites and more.

This module guides students through the process of building a website and incorporating JavaScript to gain more control over the behavior of your website. Students will also learn how to save information from a website and place it in a database. Students will then take the skills they have learned and apply them to the creation of a full-blown social media site.

If you haven't test-driven a VR kit yet, do yourself a favor. Many have described the experience as being similar to a religious one. Once you see the state of the technology, your mind will flash with the possibilities. Now is the time to explore how to create applications and experiences that yesterday only existed in the minds of science-fiction writers.

In this module, students will be guided through the use of "Unreal Engine 4". We will be using "Blueprints" to create applications without actually writing code. Instead, we will be clicking nodes into place to create behavior in our virtual worlds. "Blueprints" even allows the creation of peer-to-peer interactions and use of peripheral devices to create applications that are truely immersive.