Do you have a student that is interested in studying computer programming? Creating computer programs and games is a highly creative and intelligent endeavor! Now you can give them the skills that they need to create fun and useful computer programs all on their own.
Our courses are all created by computer programming professionals who have decades of experience in the field. We are passionate about teaching computer programming!
Imagine your student creating real computer programs using professional computer programming languages like C, C# and Visual Basic!
Some courses offer to teach your student languages like Logo, KPL or Scratch. We don’t teach these languages in our courses. Why not? These ‘toy’ languages may teach some simple scripting skills, but little else. The effort your student spends to learn them is thrown away once they reach high school or college! Invest your student’s time in the modern languages they will learn and use throughout their college and professional life. Enhance your student’s transcript with industry-standard skills that college professors will recognize!
If you want your student to learn real computer programming, they should be taught real computer programming languages, like C, C# or Visual Basic. These are the skills that will give them an advantage in college.
Everyone likes computer games!
Computers fascinate kids young and old. Tell them they can write their own computer games and you’ll have their undivided attention! Both KidCoder and TeenCoder product lines lead students to game-programming courses where they will learn to write their own computer games! This is one subject you won’t have to push them to complete.
Students in schools with computer labs are learning real programming languages. Why shouldn’t yours?
Students in public and private schools with computer labs can experience the joy that comes with learning how to program a computer. Your student should have this chance!
Our self-study courses were created to give the homeschooled student or the student without access to computer programming courses at their own school the same resources to learn about this exciting topic.
Frustrated with complicated programming books that are geared towards adults?
There are many computer programming books in the bookstore. However, most of these books are written with the adult student in mind. These books are long-winded and often contain very few hands-on activities. Students who try to learn programming from these books often get bored and give up quickly.
Our courses are created specifically for kids and teens. Our textbooks are written in a light-hearted, yet informative manner. We teach the basic concepts slowly, allowing the student to stay interested and engaged. After each chapter, the student is given an opportunity to test out their new skills by completing a hands-on activity. These activities allow the student to create their very own programs and games, using the concepts that they have learned.
We have courses for both the casually interested student and the career-oriented student.
Our KidCoder series is aimed at students ages 10 and up. These courses are light-hearted, and easy-to-learn, with plenty of hands-on learning to keep your student interested. If your student is younger, or is just trying out the field of computer programming, this is the series for you.
Our TeenCoder series is aimed at student ages 13 and up. These courses contain a more in-depth study of computer programming. TeenCoder contains the college-prep material that will give the student a leg-up in their pursuit of a career in the field of computer programming.
If you have a younger student who is just curious about computer programming, or an older student looking for advanced material, we have curriculum to match their interests!
Worried that you can’t teach a subject like Computer Programming?
You don't need to be a computer scientist to teach our courses! You can confidently steer your student in the right direction even with no prior programming knowledge.
Each of our courses has a Teacher’s Edition containing completely coded solutions for all activities, tests and answer keys, and guidance on grading projects. In addition, our Game Programming courses come with instructional videos, which will show your student exactly how to create and run their programs.
In addition, we are dedicated to providing the best support you can find. We have computer programming professionals available to answer your questions about any detail of our courses.
Order today and get your student started on the exciting journey into the field of computer programming!
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are Copyright 2008, Homeschool Programming, Inc.
are Copyright 2008, Homeschool Programming, Inc.