The American Association of School Librarians (AASL)  has announced their top choices for “electronic resources that provide enhanced learning and curriculum development for school librarians and their educator collaborators.” These resources were formerly separated into the Best Apps and Best Websites for Teaching and Learning and are now combined into the Best Digital Tools for Teaching & Learning.

This awesome coding app is FREE for teachers and librarians! “CodeSpark Academy is an app and website that wordlessly introduces young users to the world of coding through games. Parents and children can use it on their own, and educators can create classes to manage student use.”

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Common Sense Education has this review of the app, along with instruction ideas for teachers. Class Tech Tips has this article about the app, and the University of Pittsburgh included the app on their page of STEM learning resources.

This quick video shows how the app works:

Watch this 3 min video on getting started with CodeSpark for educators: