This is indeed a great initiative. As many people pointed out, we need to teach young kids for them to make sense of computer science and technology in general. What hinders them from learning this seemingly hard field is the fact that computer science is very abstract. So we have to let them know the connection between loop and data processing, variable and data storage etc. I really hope that this endeavor would do the exact thing. Good luck!
Yup---after having helped to teach lots of students how to program, I've seen so many ways where people get stopped before they get started. Making it easy to get started, and very accessible are the key. I've written more about that earlier here: http://blog.codehs.com/post/31912193554/getting-stopped-befo...
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This is indeed a great initiative. As many people pointed out, we need to teach young kids for them to make sense of computer science and technology in general. What hinders them from learning this seemingly hard field is the fact that computer science is very abstract. So we have to let them know the connection between loop and data processing, variable and data storage etc. I really hope that this endeavor would do the exact thing. Good luck!
Yup---after having helped to teach lots of students how to program, I've seen so many ways where people get stopped before they get started. Making it easy to get started, and very accessible are the key. I've written more about that earlier here: http://blog.codehs.com/post/31912193554/getting-stopped-befo...