Coding for Kids
CBS 8
12/05/13
Tynker (http://www.Tynker.com), a leading education startup that enables schools, teachers and parents to help children learn how to code, today announced 8 free interactive tutorials for students in grades 1-3 and grades 4-8 in support of the CSEdWeek and Code.org nationwide “Hour of Code” initiative. Tynker has launched these new tutorials (http://www.Tynker.com/HourOfCode) to support the Hour of Code, which asks schools, teachers and parents across the country to help introduce more than 10 million students of all ages to computer programming during Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, 2013.
Computer science is important for all students to learn at an early age, said Hadi Partovi, co-founder and CEO, Code.org. New tutorials such as the ones Tynker created have made computer programming incredibly easy and accessible for even very young children to try.
The Hour of Code is a nationwide initiative organized by Computer Science Education Week and Code.org to introduce computer science to students and encourage them to learn programming. During Computer Science Education Week, December 9-15, students, teachers, parents, clubs and communities across the country are organizing Hour of Code events, where students will learn computer programming in one hour.
Tynker has built its new Hour of Code tutorials with a view to inspire and motivate beginning programmers–children who know nothing about programming and are perhaps wary of it. Tynkers visual coding blocks make it easy for children to drag and drop blocks of code to create simple games, stories, animations, and more. A great way to demystify the concept of programming and provide early successes.
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