I’ve been working with schools since 2011 to deliver an effective code curriculum for middle school and older students. Based on that experience, I would suggest that they best way to teach code to students, is by using the web languages: HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript. The main benefits of teaching code with the web coding languages: Both visual and non-visual learners will find a place for them with web languages. HTML5 and CSS3 are largely visual, where the results of the code are immediately seen on screen. At the same time, you can use JavaScript to teach the finer details of writing code ..read more

Hi! Just a quick note regarding SOPPA compliance: StudioWeb has always been 100% SOPPA compliant. From inception in 2011, we designed our platform to protect student identity: By default, students and teachers work on StudioWeb’s code teaching platform anonymously. Teachers ALWAYS have full control of the data on StudioWeb. If a student adds their name or email address, this is (first of all) totally optional, and can be deleted from the system easily by both students and teachers.  StudioWeb does not sell any data to 3rd parties. In fact, the information we do track (progress and perf ..read more

Recently a teacher had a few great questions about teaching code with StudioWeb: I am looking for a computer skills enrichment class for students in 5th grade through 7th grade. My questions: How a student would see the course and how the teacher sees it? Is there a teacher screen to view progress and assign work? Also are there any issues with Mac Users? Answers: Teachers and students see them nearly the exact same way, except teachers have all the lessons unlocked, have direct access to all the quiz answers and of course, the teacher’s dashboard which displays progress reports, grades and ..read more

Hi! StudioWeb has reached its’ 10th year of helping teachers teach real-world code! We now hear back from students regularly, who have gone on to start great careers in code, created successful startups, and some have gone on to teach code themselves! ? … Amazing! StudioWeb in a nutshell: StudioWeb is fully interactive, video based (300+), and supported by extensive inline quizzing (1000+) and code challenges. All student activity is tracked, with log-in times, auto grading etc … all easily viewed in your teacher’s account. We have great student engagement and retention. Your students wi ..read more

Preview in new tab As you work through the StudioWeb courses (HTML5, CSS3, JavaScript, Python, PHP), you will be building a profile of your accomplishments that you can show others. Public and Private Profile Page StudioWeb comes with a profile page (for each user) that has both a public and private view. The public view keeps most of your data private, and only shows people which courses you completed. The private view of your profile, shows you many details about your course progress, including how much time you’ve spent on a course, when you started learning and your trending grade. This is ..read more

We’ve been working with schools since 2011, listening to teachers and students. With that valuable feedback, StudioWeb has been refined to the point where even teachers with no prior coding experience, feel comfortable leading a Python classroom. Not just Python, StudioWeb teaches vocational coding skills in many of the most important coding languages used today: HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript Python PHP SQL Here is a screenshot of a recent review from a teacher who has been using StudioWeb for 3 years: If you are interested in bringing Python (or any of the above languages) to your district, feel ..read more

People will sometimes ask about how recent my courses are, because I don’t change the names of the courses … I just update them. Check out the course titles that many are looking for: HTML5 Foundations CSS3 Foundations JavaScript Foundations Python Foundations PHP 7 Foundations My courses are updated when needed … they are great for 2021, 2022, 2023 and beyond. Check out my reviews: shorturl.at/bmnAE The key is to learn the fundamentals. Yes, my approach to teach developer skills is very different from others. That’s why I created my own platform: www.studioweb.com … Teaching with vid ..read more

StudioWeb teaches what the developer community calls the web stack. This includes the following languages: HTML5 CSS3 JavaScript SQL PHP (optional) Python (optional) There are many other optional languages (and tech) that can be used in the web stack, but we teach the above for a variety of reasons, least of which is that they are extremely popular in industry. How long does it take to be able to build real websites? I am often asked, how long does it take to complete the StudioWeb web stack courses? Well, a student sent this great graphic of their progress … they kept meticulous records. He ..read more

Here are some of the reasons why practically all our schools keep using StudioWeb in their classrooms: StudioWeb has been developed with schools for 10 years. We have addressed all their needs. Basically designed by teachers for teachers. Teachers are up and running with 20 minutes of prep! This is because StudioWeb takes care of the grading, teaching and reporting. Even teachers totally new to code, feel comfortable teaching with StudioWeb in record time! The StudioWeb curriculum is vocational … one of the few that can confidently say this. This means that students learn real-world code. Th ..read more

To make distance learning work, you just can’t take the traditional classroom model, and put it on Zoom. This is stressful for teachers, and boring for students. … Having spoken to students and teachers, they generally don’t like it. How do you Make Distance Learning work? The curriculum and the teaching method have to be modified for distance learning to work. That means a few things: Lessons should emphasize pre recorded videos that students can watch at their own pace. Video lessons should be created for distance learning. For example, video lessons over 6 minutes, are just too long for m ..read more