Network Whitelist Request — Friday Coding & AI Class¶
Send this in Week 1
Print or email this page to whoever manages the school network before you need it. A blocked site discovered at 9:05 on a Friday morning costs you the session. Discovered in August, it costs an email.
Request summary¶
Class: Friday Coding & AI resource class, grades 5–10 Meets: Fridays, 45 minutes, August 2026 – May 2027 Devices: School Chromebooks / laptops
The sites below are all free, education-focused, and used directly in class instruction. Most are already permitted under standard K-12 education filter categories. Please whitelist for student accounts on the school network.
Domains — required¶
These are used in scheduled lessons. A block here stops a class.
| Domain | Used for | When |
|---|---|---|
arcade.makecode.com |
Microsoft MakeCode Arcade — block/text game programming | Weeks 1–8 |
makecode.com |
Parent domain for MakeCode assets | Weeks 1–8 |
quickdraw.withgoogle.com |
Google Quick Draw — AI demonstration | Weeks 1, 9 |
teachablemachine.withgoogle.com |
Google Teachable Machine — students train an ML model | Weeks 10–11 |
code.org |
Code.org curriculum and activities | Various |
studio.code.org |
Code.org student activity environment | Various |
hourofcode.com |
Hour of Code activities | Week 17 (December) |
Domains — supporting¶
Used for reference, extension work, and backup activities.
| Domain | Used for |
|---|---|
scratch.mit.edu |
Scratch — block programming (backup / extension) |
dayofai.org |
MIT Day of AI — AI literacy activities |
csunplugged.org |
CS Unplugged — printable no-computer activities |
editor.p5js.org |
p5.js — creative coding (extension for advanced students) |
khanacademy.org |
Khan Academy Computing (self-paced extension) |
learn.microsoft.com |
Microsoft Learn — reference material |
csteachers.org |
CSTA standards reference (teacher use) |
Media & sub-resources¶
| Domain | Note |
|---|---|
*.withgoogle.com |
Google's experiment platform — hosts the two AI demos above |
*.makecode.com |
MakeCode asset and share subdomains |
*.code.org |
Code.org subdomains |
Specific technical requests¶
1. Camera access on Chromebooks¶
Weeks 10–11 need webcam access for teachablemachine.withgoogle.com. Students train an image classifier using the camera.
If camera access is restricted by policy, please let us know — there is a fallback (students upload images instead), but we need to know in advance so the lesson can be adjusted.
Privacy note for the record: Teachable Machine processes images entirely in the browser on the local device. No images are uploaded to Google, and nothing is stored. No student accounts are created and no data leaves the Chromebook.
2. Local storage / browser data¶
MakeCode Arcade saves student projects to browser local storage, not to an account. If the school policy wipes browser data on logout, student projects will disappear between sessions.
Please advise if this is the case — we can adjust our approach (students export project files instead).
3. No student accounts required¶
For clarity: Units 1 and 2 (August–December) require no student logins of any kind. Nothing to provision, no rosters, no data-sharing agreements. Any account creation later in the year will be discussed with administration first.
Quick copy-paste list¶
arcade.makecode.com
makecode.com
*.makecode.com
quickdraw.withgoogle.com
teachablemachine.withgoogle.com
*.withgoogle.com
code.org
studio.code.org
*.code.org
hourofcode.com
scratch.mit.edu
dayofai.org
csunplugged.org
editor.p5js.org
khanacademy.org
learn.microsoft.com
csteachers.org
Contact¶
Teacher: ___ Email: ___ Best time to reach me: _____
Thank you — happy to answer any questions about what these tools do or how they handle student data.
For the teacher — how to test before class¶
Run this on a student Chromebook (not yours — your account may have different policy), a few days ahead:
- Open
arcade.makecode.com. Can you start a tutorial without signing in? - Open
quickdraw.withgoogle.com. Does a drawing round run? - Open
teachablemachine.withgoogle.com→ Image Project → does it prompt for camera, and does the camera actually turn on? - Make a MakeCode project, log out, log back in. Is the project still there?
Step 4 is the one people forget, and it's the one that ruins a multi-week project unit in October.