The Kids Are All Coding; Why Aren’t You?

I'm working with a group of 6th-8th grade girls in our Middle School who easily blew past the first five or so lessons on CodeAcademy today. I was impressed how quickly and easily they groked ideas like substrings and declaring variables. Turns out they aren't the only ones interested in coding... Codecademy’s CodeYear Attracts 100,000 … Continue reading The Kids Are All Coding; Why Aren’t You? →

Time to Learn to Code

I use MarsEdit more than any other app out there. If you write content for the web and have a Mac, MarsEdit is a must. Its developer, Daniel Jalkut, has a fantastic post on the topic of programming as the literacy of the 21st century… Red Sweater Software Blog - Learn to Code: "Literacy isn’t … Continue reading Time to Learn to Code →