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RE: Hour of Code, Learn Game Development: Code.org Localization #50
I think its really cool that there are more and more websites popping up like code.org to help kids learn a useful skill for the future. I want to start introducing programing to my older kids. The fact that it can be incorporated into Minecraft makes it even more appealing to them. I am a firm believer that computer code should be taught as a second language in schools. I think this would be time better spent, than learning many foreign languages. I can count on one hand how many times I have used the 3 years of French I learned in Highschool. If I would have been introduced to 3 years of Computer language, think of how much more useful that would have been to me in the "Real World". Great Post. Thanks!
That's very true. I had just stumbled upon code.org a few months ago and was amazed by how they handled the tutorials. They made easy for children, even pre-readers to learn the basics of programming. And the games that they have used such Minecraft, Frozen, Angry Birds and many more has surely enticed children to learn programming and create their own games. Hope that a lot of people will take advantage of it.
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