{"id":640500,"date":"2013-01-29T11:28:58","date_gmt":"2013-01-29T16:28:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/?p=68201"},"modified":"2013-01-29T14:52:10","modified_gmt":"2013-01-29T19:52:10","slug":"10-places-where-anyone-can-learn-to-code","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/640500","title":{"rendered":"10 places where anyone can learn to code"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div class=\"embed-ted\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code.html\" width=\"586\" height=\"329\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Teens, tweens and kids are often referred to as \u201cdigital natives.\u201d Having grown up with the Internet, smartphones and tablets, they\u2019re often extraordinarily adept at interacting with digital technology. But Mitch Resnick, who spoke at <a href=\"http:\/\/tedxbeaconstreet.com\/\" >TEDxBeaconStreet<\/a> in November, is skeptical of this descriptor. Sure, young people can text and chat and play games, he says, \u201cbut that doesn\u2019t really make you fluent.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fluency, Resnick proposes in <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code.html\">today\u2019s talk<\/a>, comes not through interacting with new technologies, but through creating them. The former is like reading, while the latter is like writing. He means this figuratively &#8212; that creating new technologies, like writing a book, requires creative expression &#8212; but also literally: to make new computer programs, you actually must <i>write<\/i> the code.<\/p>\n<p>The point isn\u2019t to create a generation of programmers, Resnick argues. Rather, it\u2019s that coding is a gateway to broader learning.<b> <\/b>\u201cWhen you learn to read, you can then read to learn. And it\u2019s the same thing with coding: If you learn to code, you can code to learn,\u201d he says.<b> <\/b>Learning to code means learning how to think creatively, reason systematically and work collaboratively. And these skills are applicable to any profession &#8212; as well as to expressing yourself in your personal life, too.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ted.com\/talks\/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code.html\">In his talk<\/a>, Resnick describes <a href=\"http:\/\/scratch.mit.edu\/\">Scratch<\/a>, the programming software that he and a research group at MIT Media Lab developed to allow people to easily create and share their own interactive games and animations. Below, find 10 more places you can learn to code, incorporating Resnick\u2019s suggestions and our own.<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>At <a href=\"http:\/\/www.codecademy.com\/\" >Codecademy<\/a>, you can take lessons on writing simple commands in JavaScript, HTML and CSS, Python and Ruby. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2012\/03\/28\/technology\/for-an-edge-on-the-internet-computer-code-gains-a-following.html\">this <i>New York Times <\/i>piece<\/a> from last March, on Codecademy and other code-teaching sites, for a sense of the landscape.)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>One of many programs geared toward females who want to code, <a href=\"http:\/\/girldevelopit.com\/\">Girl Develop It<\/a> is an international nonprofit that provides mentorship and instruction. \u201cWe are committed to making sure women of all ages, races, education levels, income, and upbringing can build confidence in their skill set to develop web and mobile applications,\u201d their website reads. \u201cBy teaching women around the world from diverse backgrounds to learn software development, we can help women improve their careers and confidence in their everyday lives.\u201d<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Stanford University\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udacity.com\/\">Udacity<\/a> is one of many sites that make college courses\u2014including <a href=\"https:\/\/www.udacity.com\/course\/cs101\">Introduction to Computer Science<\/a>\u2014available online for free. (See <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.ted.com\/2012\/08\/01\/12-great-free-online-courses\/\">our post<\/a> on free online courses for more ideas.)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>If college courses seem a little slow, consider <a href=\"http:\/\/coderace.me\/\">Code Racer<\/a>, a \u201cmulti-player live coding game.\u201d Newbies can learn to build a website using HTML and CSS, while the more experienced can test their adeptness at coding.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.computerclubhouse.org\/\" >Computer Clubhouse<\/a>, which Resnick co-founded, works to \u201chelp young people from low-income communities learn to express themselves creatively with new technologies,\u201d as he describes. According to Clubhouse estimates, more than 25,000 kids work with mentors through the program every year.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Through <a href=\"http:\/\/coderdojo.com\/\" >CoderDojo<\/a>\u2019s volunteer-led sessions, young people can learn to code, go on tours of tech companies and hear guest speakers. (Know how to code? You can set up your own CoderDojo!)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.codeschool.com\/\">Code School<\/a> offers online courses in a wide range of programming languages, design and web tools.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Similarly, <a href=\"http:\/\/teamtreehouse.com\/\">Treehouse<\/a> (the parent site of Code Racer) provides online video courses and exercises to help you learn technology skills.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.girlswhocode.com\/\">Girls Who Code<\/a>, geared specifically toward 13- to 17-year-old girls, pairs instruction and mentorship to \u201ceducate, inspire and equip\u201d students to pursue their engineering and tech dreams. \u201cToday, just 3.6% of Fortune 500 companies are led by women, and less than 10% of venture capital-backed companies have female founders. Yet females use the internet 17% more than their male counterparts,\u201d the website notes.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#ffffff;\">.<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Through workshops for young girls of color, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.blackgirlscode.com\/\">Black Girls Code<\/a> aims to help address the \u201cdearth of African-American women in science, technology, engineering and math professions,\u201d founder Kimberly Bryant writes, and build \u201ca new generation of coders, coders who will become\u00a0builders\u00a0of technological innovation and of their own futures.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>  <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/gocomments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68201\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.wordpress.com\/1.0\/comments\/tedconfblog.wordpress.com\/68201\/\" \/><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" border=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/stats.wordpress.com\/b.gif?host=blog.ted.com&#038;blog=14795620&#038;%23038;post=68201&#038;%23038;subd=tedconfblog&#038;%23038;ref=&#038;%23038;feed=1\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~r\/TEDBlog\/~4\/iRCfg8vFYWM\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Teens, tweens and kids are often referred to as \u201cdigital natives.\u201d Having grown up with the Internet, smartphones and tablets, they\u2019re often extraordinarily adept at interacting with digital technology. 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