Ready (Product Reviews on EdSurge)

Teaches basics of coding & computational concepts

Overview

Ready is an online visual software creator tool for students. It allows students to experience coding and digital software programming through video game creation. Teachers download accompanying lesson plans to guide students through the digital creation process. Ready is free to use.

APPROACH

Both student and teachers begin using Ready by logging in and creating an account. Once logged in, students can browse a library of lessons from the ‘Activity Arcade’ dashboard. Students select a lesson based off of a topic (Starting Out, Game Design, Science, or Storytelling), difficulty level, and length. Once they select their desired or assigned programming concept, student users watch the instructional video. To begin coding their own programs, students visit the ‘My Projects’ dashboard from their home profile. Here they follow templated projects that correspond with the video topics they just watched and create their own game or software.

Teachers can download accompanying slides for five lesson plans that correspond with the instructional student videos, design templates, and Ready technologies-- Introduction to Ready, Air Hockey, Tilt to Move Adventure, Art with Ready, and Flappy Bird. They can direct and assign students instructional videos to watch and projects to complete using Ready.

PRICING

Ready is free.

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Computer science Full star

School Type: Elementary School

The graphics are basic but the ability to integrate your own digital images etc is cool.

There appears to be a lot of Clicking to make actions, if/then rules etc for a specific object. Would suggest simpl...

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EDUCATOR REVIEWS

Computer science Full star

School Type: Elementary School

The graphics are basic but the ability to integrate your own digital images etc is cool.

There appears to be a lot of Clicking to make actions, if/then rules etc for a specific object. Would suggest simpl...

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Math Teacher 5th Grade Full star

School Type: Elementary School, High ELL Population, Low Income Population

When students put forth maximum effort and try their best, it is great to utilize the assessments as grades but when a child doesn't do what they are capable of just beca...

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PRICING PLANS

License

School License - This school license provides educators with 1. administrative functions to manage students using Ready; 2. a publishing tool to "make public" student work at their discretion, to showcase great outcomes; 3. the ability to incorporate "custom artwork" for school specific projects, which can then be used by Ready in building. Covers 200 students divided into multiple classes, with the ability to purchase more student passes, if necessary.

Can be purchased by Teacher, School Leader, or District Administrator.

License

Group License - This group license provides educators with 1. administrative functions to manage students using Ready; 2. a publishing tool to "make public" student work at their discretion, to showcase great outcomes; 3. the ability to incorporate "custom artwork" for school specific projects, which can then be used by Ready in building. Covers 15 students in one class, with the ability to purchase more student passes for the class.

Can be purchased by Teacher, School Leader, or District Administrator.