Education 2.0 & 3.0

"There’s a big push in education right now to teach kids how to code. Coding is undoubtedly an important skill that will help students in the job marketplace. It’s an in-demand skill and a useful one. But can coding help students in other areas? Some are now suggesting that coding can help improve students’ writing skills. Telling a story through code In many ways, coding is like writing a story. Programmers must go in a sequential order, just like storytellers. Just like writers, programmers first sit down and plan out the story they will tell."

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"Since the digital revolution started, teaching kids how to code has become a growing industry. There are a number of apps, handbooks, tutorials, etc., that teach children this skill."

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Schools Celebrate Computer Science Week and Worldwide Hour of Code.

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"Coding is currently one of the fastest growing occupations, and it is getting more popular day by day. Even if the most common thought when you hear „coding“ is creating software or website, this skill goes way beyond that."

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hyperPad (formerly GamePress) is an iPad app that brings programming for kids to create their own interactive apps like mobile games, then export and publish them..

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"Last month the White House celebrated the progress of President Obama’s ambitious Computer Science for All initiative. Since the launch of the program in January, a dozen states have taken action to expand access to computer science courses"

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