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It only takes one hour. That’s the premise of “Hour of Code,” a weeklong campaign launched this week with the goal of getting kids across the country to try their hands at computer coding. It’s a push ...
Coding is becoming an increasingly crucial skill, and with Computer Science Education Week kicking off today, millions of students from around the world are being encouraged to take some time to learn ...
In May, programmer Alice Steinglass with Code.org, which organizes the popular Hour of Code, issued her impassioned yet reasoned plea for every school and every student to learn the fundamentals of ...
GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Caledonia's Kraft Meadows Middle School won $10,000 worth of computers as Michigan's grand prize winner for "Hour of Code." The Hour of Code is a national campaign, sponsored by the ...
A new campaign for Computer Science Education Week is attempting to get 10 million K-12 students to spend an hour learning how to code. According to Code.org, a nonprofit founded by Ali and Hadi ...
Just in time for Computer Science Education Week and the Hour of Code, Microsoft Corp. and Code.org have unveiled the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer, a coding tutorial for students and educators. The ...
America wants you to learn how to code. While Barack Obama didn’t pull out an Uncle Sam-style finger point, he certainly addressed coding as something of a civic duty in a YouTube video released this ...
REDMOND, Wash. — Any resistance the young people in your life may have to learning basic computer science will effectively melt on Monday, when Microsoft and the non-profit group Code.org release a ...
Amazon and Code.org partner for this year’s Hour of Code, which aims to inspire one million girls during the first week of December to try coding their own dance party Over 1,000 Amazon employees ...
Millions of students from kindergarten through 12th grade are learning computer code this week as part of "Hour of Code," a nationwide campaign embraced by President Obama and featuring free tutorials ...