Want to create a video game? Learn coding online with friends?
Check out these Technology @ Home resources for engaging & interactive learning ideas.
Computer Science Resources
Computer Science Alliance
The Computer Science Alliance compiled free resources for NM educators & families that can be used for classrooms, E-learning, or blended learning. Their resource collection linked below also includes information on state & nationwide K-12 Computer Science educator networks.

Video Game Design
​​TGR Foundation, A Tiger Woods Charity
Learn Video Game Design - Grades 6-8 
Learn video game design, from predicting viable industry career paths to taking first steps in development & coding. See what it takes to bring a next-generation video game to life!

Code Crush Crew
Cultivating Coders
Cultivating Coders offered a free 4-week coding workshop in April 2020, for anyone in New Mexico interested in learning how to build websites.

Code Break
Code.org
Code.org is an "always-free" resource featuring games & full courses to learn coding skills for students of all ages. Check out the recently-launched Code Break— which may be the world's largest live interactive classroom with weekly challenges to engage students of all abilities! Come & learn via:
  • An interactive classroom with founder Hadi Partovi & special guests ​(add to calendar)
  • A weekly activity/challenge (sign up)
  • Options for beginners, experienced students, & even students without computers.
Also explore the Code.org recommendations for at-home learning.

Girls Who Code
Girls Who Code is proud to launch Girls Who Code at Home, a weekly series of resources to continue learning at home, & ideas on how to stay busy & brave.
Know someone who may be interested in free Girls Who Code Clubs curriculum?
Sign up & apply via this link! Applicants do not need to enroll students or launch a Club to access full curriculum.  However, you are welcome to prepare in advance if you want to move forward once we are back in session! Note: to gain access to full curricula, indicate in application that you want to launch both 3-5th & 6-12th grade Clubs.
Social Media: follow Girls Who Code on Twitter, Facebook, & Instagram

And More...

  • Scratch,
  • PBS Kids- ScratchJr resources https://pbskids.org/learn/scratchjr/​​
  • Minecraft Education
  • Tynker (now offering all closed schools with free access).
  • Codecraft Works — Create something you love with code, gain experience in professional programming languages, and share your portfolio of digital projects!
  • STEMFuture — STEM education and make it innovative, safe, diverse, and impactful. STEMFuture aims to provide all youth with quality STEM education/resources, and give them basic tech literacy and computer science skills to help them navigate the technology-filled world that we live in today.
  • CS Unplugged — A collection of free teaching material that teaches Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around.
  • Exploring Computer Science is a full year curriculum with programming, but units 1 and 2 (Human Computer Interaction and Problem Solving) have great unplugged lesson plans you can use.
  • The Hour of Code website will allow you to filter activities from multiple organizations based upon how much internet or device access you have (no computer or no internet selections available). You can also filter by grade level to find items that will work for your age group.
  • Makecode (microbit, arcade, circuit playground and more) synchronous and asynchronous resources for students  https://makecode.com/online-learning#rsdj-arcade
  • iRobot’s Offline Activities provide a variety of virtual and offline coding projects in addition to other STEM-based learning activities to help keep children occupied and their minds active during their time at home. Some may require additional materials, while others will encourage the use of items around the house.
  • CSforAll blog- https://medium.com/csforall-stories/3-ways-to-integrate-computer-science-into-your-covid-19-planning-5720aecaa270

Network Measurement
(NM4All)
​ Network Measurement 4 All (NM4All) was designed after a group of researchers spent time in Northern New Mexico collecting measurements of cellular network performance and availability in the region. They found strong allyship and support in the people living in the area and received many questions about how citizens could go about collecting their own measurements to share with others in their community and to advocate for network resources. The NM4All curriculum is designed to educate a wide range of learners in a variety of settings, including K-12 classrooms, after school programs, community workshops, and college courses. After engaging with the NM4All curriculum, learners should be able to:
  1. Discuss why it is important to measure network performance in different places.
  2. Distinghuish between various network performance metrics, including data rate, latency, and jitter.
  3. Correlate the impacts that different network measurements have on how well the network is working.
  4. Collect network measurements on their own device using one of the recommended mobile apps.
  5. Contribute collected network measurements to the NM4All map.
  6. Analyze the NM4All map and other cellular coverage maps to provide insights about places where more measurements are needed and where better connectivity might be needed.
Come back periodically and explore this website for new ideas and additional resources to support STEAM Learning @ Home!
Do you have other great STEAM ideas and resources to share? Let us know by sending an email to nmsteamhub@gmail.com.
The STEAM Hub of Northern New Mexico is a collective action initiative of the Northern New Mexico STEAM Coalition. This free public resource was developed with support from the LANL Foundation, the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Triad National Security, LLC, and the Community Learning Network.

We also appreciate the contributions of: New Mexico TechWorks, LANL Major Subcontractors Consortium and New Mexico Foundation, Internet Society and Internet Society Chapter of New Mexico, New Mexico Gas, NSF Smart and Connected Communities  Opportunity Santa Fe, volunteers and interns from AmeriCorps Vista, North Central Department of Economic Development from New Mexico and regional STEAM advocates, organizations and agencies.
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