Raising a Hacker: Cool Tools to Help Kids Learn to Code | Common Sense Media - 0 views
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Randy Kolset on 04 Feb 14"f you've got school-age kids, you know when they're working on reading and math. But if their homework includes loops, goto commands, and branches, don't be alarmed. They're probably learning to code, and that's a very good thing. From Code.org's Hour of Code to coding camps and afterschool classes, computer programming is hot -- and, in a technology-fueled world that's only going to grow, coding is an invaluable 21st-century skill."