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codeAtorium offers coding classes for kids and teens that use project and game based learning. Students can take classes in Scratch, Python, JavaScript, and ROBLOX, including an introductory Roblox class that focuses on building a multi-feature obby while learning modeling and scripting, as well as more advanced Roblox classes led by student choice and interest. Enrollment in a class also includes access to monthly members-only events such as Saturday Hackerday and Friday Night Pizza & Movie Nights.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school and weekend class options, with weekly 75-minute classes in four-week sessions
• Price: Classes are $200 for four weeks.
codeAtorium is open for in-person classes and is designed to be a quiet, safe, and comfortable space for students to work and learn, with small classes capped at six students and individualized instruction. New students are matched with an ongoing weekly class based on their age, experience, and interests, and students work in flexible groupings on projects they help design themselves using deliberate goal setting. Games, art, and music are the focus of the work at codeAtorium, where students learn to work together to solve problems collaboratively, and the program describes itself as a community of learners.
Jeff Gordon is the owner of codeAtorium. He spent ten years teaching 4th grade in Alameda and Berkeley, where he introduced computer programming and computer science to hundreds of kids and developed Common Core aligned curriculum that teaches kids to code while celebrating each student’s creativity and individuality. His background is in Music Composition, with a BA in Creative Studies from UCSB and an MA from Mills College in Oakland, and his musical studies revolved around computers and software he designed himself. He has created open source educational projects such as pinball.cool, mathgame.io, and bitcalc.org, makes games in his spare time, and also develops games professionally, including work with Palace Games on their online escape rooms series.
Testimonials from parents and students describe Jeff as a teacher who got kids interested in computer programming and Scratch, aligned lessons with standards in other subjects, and took a personal interest in each student’s individuality. One former student reports feeling confident about coding and wanting to continue with coding, robotics, and other classes at codeAtorium, and another parent notes that their child used what he learned from Jeff to assist with a graduate school class in gamification and feels confident using technology in a useful and creative context.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
• Ages: 8–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school and weekend class options, with weekly 75-minute classes in four-week sessions
• Price: Classes are $200 for four weeks.
codeAtorium is open for in-person classes and is designed to be a quiet, safe, and comfortable space for students to work and learn, with small classes capped at six students and individualized instruction. New students are matched with an ongoing weekly class based on their age, experience, and interests, and students work in flexible groupings on projects they help design themselves using deliberate goal setting. Games, art, and music are the focus of the work at codeAtorium, where students learn to work together to solve problems collaboratively, and the program describes itself as a community of learners.
Jeff Gordon is the owner of codeAtorium. He spent ten years teaching 4th grade in Alameda and Berkeley, where he introduced computer programming and computer science to hundreds of kids and developed Common Core aligned curriculum that teaches kids to code while celebrating each student’s creativity and individuality. His background is in Music Composition, with a BA in Creative Studies from UCSB and an MA from Mills College in Oakland, and his musical studies revolved around computers and software he designed himself. He has created open source educational projects such as pinball.cool, mathgame.io, and bitcalc.org, makes games in his spare time, and also develops games professionally, including work with Palace Games on their online escape rooms series.
Testimonials from parents and students describe Jeff as a teacher who got kids interested in computer programming and Scratch, aligned lessons with standards in other subjects, and took a personal interest in each student’s individuality. One former student reports feeling confident about coding and wanting to continue with coding, robotics, and other classes at codeAtorium, and another parent notes that their child used what he learned from Jeff to assist with a graduate school class in gamification and feels confident using technology in a useful and creative context.
Last updated March 18, 2026.
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