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Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming education

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Re: Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming education

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Post by PhearTheCeal »

minikomi wrote: post #20
samstave wrote: post #3

We need to push two major initiatives in education: the ability to code and the ability to manage finances.

Does anyone have a suggestion as to the K&R of managing finances?

Considering how old K&R is and who its intended audience was, how about The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith?

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Post by ronyeh »

TheBiv wrote: post #17

I love the addition of Chris Bosh! After coding being hard, in general, I believe that our industry's biggest challenge is it becoming "sexy" or having role models that a vast amount of people can connect with!

All we need is for LeBron and KD to take a summer class in JS or python and tweet about it. Maybe they can do some tasks like analyze their own stats.

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Post by gdilla »

We should also encourage HCI and usability design sensibilities as a technical vocation kids can pursue if optimizing sorting algorithms and the like isn't for them. Making things easier to use, why things are a pleasure to use and why things aren't is a stimulating field that is very applicable to a computerized future.

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Post by signed0 »

I like this because instead of saying "everyone must code" it says "everyone should have the opportunity to learn to code".

There are always going to be those that are not interested in coding. Forcing anyone to learn something they aren't interested in is just a waste of everyone's time.

If you give kids the resources they need to get started and a good environment to experiment in they will take care of the rest.

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Post by JMill »

zopticity wrote: post #28

What's the difference between Code.org and Codecademy.com ? Are they trying to achieve the same thing but in a different perspective? It looks like a lot more celebrities are on Code.org making it an enticing place to be.

Code.org seeks to 'change the wind', so to say, of programming education, to help motivate individuals to learn more about coding. Codecademy.com is one form of online education to help satisfy the needs of those who became interested in programming, such as via Code.org and the many educators and decision makers who inspire non-coders to, well, code.
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