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		splatcollision on Jan 27, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: How to best teach a group of children how ... Great question! I'm a fan of the Mozilla Thimble project - "An online code editor for learners & educators" - https://thimble.mozilla.org Easy to use code editor with live preview, fun starter projects to remix, easy to follow tutorials.

patja on Jan 27, 2017 [–]

I've used this in the classroom in the past, but I absolutely hate that Mozilla's terms of service excludes students under the age of 13. If you are going to make a product for educational purposes, you need to take on the extra work to comply with the US COPPA regulations. Scratch does it, why can't Mozilla?

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