Sorry the blog has been neglected as I worked on our Printable Activities and Teacher’s Guide, as well as troubleshooting things like Firefox. There are still issues in Internet Explorer and Safari, all of which I hope to have resolved as soon as possible, and well before the Hour of Code beginning December 7th. But on to the exciting news! We got word this weekend that Code.org has added us to their Beginning section, near the top of the page here Code.org Tutorials. To say I was delighted is a big understatement. I was ecstatic. While our app has many areas I’d like to improve, our Hour of Code tutorial is the product of countless hours in the last 6 months or so, and a lot of sacrifice from my 3 kids and husband. And as I began communicating with people on Twitter and via email, I saw that while the reception for our app has been very positive, getting users to our site has not been a quick or easy thing. So to get the email letting us know that they thought enough of our work to add it near the top of their page, and to realize how many visitors this might bring, was really quite amazing.
I’ll be writing more about our awsome sponsors at Bowtie.io - who even before we were approved by Code.org had told us they were interested in helping sponsor our Hour of Code, as well as helping get the word out about us. They have an amazing “can do” startup attitude and have an impressive web hosting platform that aims to make development a much easier process for folks. So many great developments lately! I’ve also started a Vocabulary Cards section for our site, where I hope to add all kinds of fun stuff that teachers can download and print. Please stay tuned, and I hope you’ll join us on Facebook or check us out on Twitter, we’d love to hear from you! I’ll also have a contact us form up soon.
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