Grok academy resources
Grok provides online interactive programming courses for individuals or classrooms in Python, HTML, CSS, Blockly at all levels. Grok's courses are well paced and provide student coding efforts with immediate feedback along with helpful suggestions. Grok conducts the established NCSS (National Computing Science School annual programming competitions).
Additional details
| Format | Web page |
|---|---|
| Core and overarching concepts | Implementation (programming) |
| Keywords | Computing, Coding, Algorithms, Programming, HTML, CSS |
| Organisation | Grok |
| Copyright | Grok Academy Pty Ltd. May be subject to Copyright Act statutory licence. |
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