Adventures in Alice

What and where is "the cloud"? The lesson teaches scholars about the history of cloud computing and about its current uses. It also teaches how to install a multiple guest OS in a host OS and how to use cloud computing services.

Explore more cool programming features by learning how to use arrays in JavaScript code to tackle lists or sequences through a single variable. This video introduces arrays and specifically shows how they are defined and used.

Explore, create, and make mistakes. This is the call to action in a video on how to use Khan Academy to learn to write Java code. The speaker encourages learners to feel comfortable with the programming environment that is provided on...

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...

This video shows young programmers how to use the same concept to duplicate objects with different properties and attach functions to them. This method allows functions to be easily called with various objects.

An instructional video combines arrays, loops, and mouse clicks. The author shows how to modify JavaScript code to add a balloon each time the mouse is clicked. The video also shows two different ways to add to the end of the array: one...

What are variables, and why do I need them? These are the questions answered in this basic computer programming video. The author stresses the importance of how the equal sign used in math class has a different meaning than the equal...

A loop within a loop is called a nested loop. It expands the repeating code based on two different variables. The video shows an example of drawing an image across and down a screen.

Now that you are familiar with while loops let's look at a new type of loop: the for loop. This video shows the three parts of the for loop: the start, the Boolean test, the value change, and how it differs from a while loop.

Draw a rainbow over the rainbow. The second segment in a series of six has the class practice using functions to edit a program that draws a rainbow. After creating the function, the interactive lesson challenges pupils to create another...