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Code Club - after-school code club initiative goes live

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Code Club - after-school code club initiative goes live

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Post by CodeClub »

Our mission is to inspire kids to learn how to code. Our plan is to create a nationwide network of volunteer-led after-school coding clubs for children aged 10-11.

We're asking interested programmers to teach for an hour a week at their local school using Scratch and lesson plans based on the Scratch curriculum. Lesson plans are currently being created and tested so interested programmers can sign up to hear when they are ready at www.codeclub.org.uk

You can follow our progress at www.codeclub.org.uk/blog and follow us on twitter @CodeClub

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Post by Strallus »

kristianc wrote: post #4

Best of luck - I've got a 12 year old brother who wants to learn to code, but probably needs quite a gentle introduction to it.

I have a nephew that wanted "to be a programmer".

Turns out he wanted to make games, and he thought that making games was a lot like playing them. :\

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Post by phn »

Strallus wrote: post #6
kristianc wrote: post #4

Best of luck - I've got a 12 year old brother who wants to learn to code, but probably needs quite a gentle introduction to it.

I have a nephew that wanted "to be a programmer". Turns out he wanted to make games, and he thought that making games was a lot like playing them. :\

Have you introduced him to tools like game maker, construct, stencyl, etc. ? Maybe he can do some simple things and then learn some code...

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Post by TeMPOraL »

Strallus wrote: post #6
kristianc wrote: post #4

Best of luck - I've got a 12 year old brother who wants to learn to code, but probably needs quite a gentle introduction to it.

I have a nephew that wanted "to be a programmer". Turns out he wanted to make games, and he thought that making games was a lot like playing them. :\

> Turns out he wanted to make games

Well, great for him! Many a programmer started this way. IMO it's one of the best motivation ever to start programming, and to actually learn stuff (you try to make a game, and suddenly maths and physics become interesting).

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