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Young programmers: Think playgrounds, not playpens | Marina Bers | TEDxJackson

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BBC News – Coder creates smallest chess game for computers

A French coder has developed what is thought to be the smallest-sized chess computer program. BootChess is only 487 bytes in size, and the code can be run on Windows, Mac OS X and Linux computers. That makes it smaller … Continue reading

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Is Foreign Language Training the Key to Creating More Coders? | EdSurge News

Tony Zanders Dec 29, 2014 With foreign language degree programs going on the chopping block across the country, and media, business and education leaders sensationalizing the need for a million coders by 2020, one would assume that investment in foreign … Continue reading

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What Can Programmers and Writers Learn From One Another? | MindShift

Katrina Schwartz | November 11, 2014 Proponents of stronger computer science and programming courses in schools generally focus on the usefulness of those skills in today’s world. Some argue that computer programming should be offered instead of a foreign language … Continue reading

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Online Code Editor – Codeanywhere

Codeanywhere is cloud based code editor that enables users to develop, maintain and collaborate on their web sites and application from any device, anywhere in the world.At Codeanywhere people keep up with their projects, edit their web sites and the … Continue reading

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LearnToMod | Minecraft Modding For Kids – LearnToMod

LearnToMod teaches you how to code by teaching you how to mod Minecraft. It gives you two different ways to code: with blocks or with Javascript. Learn To Mod from Stephen Foster on Vimeo. via LearnToMod | Minecraft Modding For … Continue reading

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p5.js

Hello! p5.js is a JavaScript library that starts with the original goal of Processing, to make coding accessible for artists, designers, educators, and beginners, and reinterprets this for today’s web.Using the original metaphor of a software sketchbook, p5.js has a … Continue reading

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Adventures of Karel the Robot | NClab

This self-paced online visual programming course for beginners tells a story about the friendship of a little girl and a robot. It is being taught at K-12 schools, programming clubs, after-school programs, and in home-schooling families. The teacher or homeschooling … Continue reading

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Drop out of college; earn a six-figure salary coding | ITworld

By Christina Tynan-Wood, ITworld |  IT Management June 10, 2014, 6:03 AM — Savannah Kunovsky was working toward a computer science degree when she learned of Hack Reactor, a coding boot camp in San Francisco. She applied, got in, and … Continue reading

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Google: Exploring Computational Thinking

Computational thinking (CT) involves a set of problem-solving skills and techniques that software engineers use to write programs that underlie the computer applications you use such as search, email, and maps. However, computational thinking is applicable to nearly any subject. … Continue reading

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