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The Three-Variable Fallacy

If you're in a coding class, this might just be a valuable lesson for you. If you're a teacher, I'd love your help collecting evidence...

Our founder Ness Blackbird's appearance on "A World of Difference" by PBS and Beacon College

From PBS: This episode of “A World of Difference: Embracing Neurodiversity” explores the intersection of neurodivergence and technology....

Development Update

We'll be releasing updates on 11/11/2022 from 9PM to 11PM PT. 1. Enable translation and text-to-speech for an account We recently added...

Blackbird Releases Two Free ‘Hour of Code’ Lessons

The 'Hour of Code' is a Global Initiative by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to Introduce Millions of Students to Computer...

Blackbird joins gBETA Social Impact for Education Accelerator

An accelerator for social impact startups building products addressing equity in education. Portland, OR, November 6, 2022 - Blackbird...

Code.org vs. Blackbird - Which One Should You Use?

Richard Byrne compared Code.org to Blackbird in this new article on Free Technology for Teachers. In contrast to Code.org Blackbird...

Blackbird Provides an Innovative Way for Anyone to Teach Coding

Richard Byrne wrote about Blackbird in Free Technology for Teachers. Around this time every year I get emails that go something like...

What is Blackbird and How Can it Be Used to Teach? Tips & Tricks

Tech & Learning featured Blackbird in a new article. Blackbird does teach JavaScript, however, rather than dive in with all the details...

edWebinar: Equity, Accessibility, and Computer Science

This webinar was held 6/16/22, but the recording is available here! Presented by: Yusra Obaid, 6-12 STEM Instructional and Technology...

We’re Using Engineering Tools to Teach With

Rachelle Dené Poth wrote a blog post in collaboration with our cofounder Ness. Blackbird uses an educational version of JavaScript....