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codeAtorium offers coding classes that use project and game based learning, including robotics, games, art, music, and stories. The program includes ROBLOX classes, with an introductory Roblox class that focuses on building a multi-feature obby while learning modeling and scripting, and more advanced Roblox classes that are 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: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school and weekend options; classes meet weekly for 75 minutes in four-week sessions
• Price: Classes are $200 for four weeks.
codeAtorium is described as 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. The program states that games, art, and music are the focus of its work, and that students work on games, art, music, and stories while learning coding and how computers work. The program describes itself as a community of learners and notes that it is open for in-person classes.
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. 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 developed open source educational projects such as pinball.cool (an online physics designer), mathgame.io (a space RPG to prepare for the state math test), and bitcalc.org (a four-function online binary calculator). He makes games in his spare time and also develops games professionally, including work with Palace Games on an online escape rooms series that has been well-reviewed.
One parent, Heather Figueroa, describes Jeff as having gotten her children “obsessed with learning computer programming and Scratch,” and notes that he aligned lessons with standards in other subjects and developed lessons that reflected each child’s individuality. A former student, Joe Frank P., says that with Mr. Gordon he learned how to make games with coding, feels confident about coding, and looks forward to taking more coding and robotics classes at codeAtorium. Another parent, Sarah Jo Zaharako, reports that Jeff dedicated part of each school day to teaching coding and Scratch, showed students how coding and design are used in the real world, and worked design concepts into the curriculum, and that her son often assisted her with her graduate school class in gamification. Heather Figueroa, a San Leandro resident, also states that codeAtorium is a safe and comfortable space for local students to learn skills for the future.
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Last updated June 17, 2026.
• Ages: 10–18 years old
• Schedule: After-school and weekend options; classes meet weekly for 75 minutes in four-week sessions
• Price: Classes are $200 for four weeks.
codeAtorium is described as 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. The program states that games, art, and music are the focus of its work, and that students work on games, art, music, and stories while learning coding and how computers work. The program describes itself as a community of learners and notes that it is open for in-person classes.
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. 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 developed open source educational projects such as pinball.cool (an online physics designer), mathgame.io (a space RPG to prepare for the state math test), and bitcalc.org (a four-function online binary calculator). He makes games in his spare time and also develops games professionally, including work with Palace Games on an online escape rooms series that has been well-reviewed.
One parent, Heather Figueroa, describes Jeff as having gotten her children “obsessed with learning computer programming and Scratch,” and notes that he aligned lessons with standards in other subjects and developed lessons that reflected each child’s individuality. A former student, Joe Frank P., says that with Mr. Gordon he learned how to make games with coding, feels confident about coding, and looks forward to taking more coding and robotics classes at codeAtorium. Another parent, Sarah Jo Zaharako, reports that Jeff dedicated part of each school day to teaching coding and Scratch, showed students how coding and design are used in the real world, and worked design concepts into the curriculum, and that her son often assisted her with her graduate school class in gamification. Heather Figueroa, a San Leandro resident, also states that codeAtorium is a safe and comfortable space for local students to learn skills for the future.
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Last updated June 17, 2026.
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