More than 5 million students in 167 countries are getting at least one hour of computer coding instruction this week as part of Code.org’s Hour of Code initiative, an event designed to promote computer science in educational curricula worldwide. Code.org is providing educators with the resources they need to give students an introductory computer science lesson. One tutorial video, featuring lectures by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, walks students through basic algorithms, repeat-loops and conditionals using popular games as examples.
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Hour of Code Aims to Take the Mystery Out of Computer Science
Posted by: Rachelle Dragani December 10, 2013 10:56 AMMore than 5 million students in 167 countries are getting at least one hour of computer coding instruction this week as part of Code.org’s Hour of Code initiative, an event designed to promote computer science in educational curricula worldwide. Code.org is providing educators with the resources they need to give students an introductory computer science lesson. One tutorial video, featuring lectures by Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg, walks students through basic algorithms, repeat-loops and conditionals using popular games as examples.