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Getting Young People Coding

Jordan Hatch
September 29, 2012

Getting Young People Coding

Based on a handful of things I've had the chance to do over the last few years, here's a couple of ideas about how to get even more young people more interested in code.

Jordan Hatch

September 29, 2012
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  1. Can we make transition to wider community events less daunting?

    local events more frequent and specialist
  2. Can we make transition to wider community events less daunting?

    (but too young for the Christmas parties...)
  3. 1. Improve the IT curriculum and get rid of stigmas

    attached to computing. 2. Encourage young coders to build things they’ll use themselves.
  4. 1. Improve the IT curriculum and get rid of stigmas

    attached to computing. 2. Encourage young coders to build things they’ll use themselves. 3. Run more events and build lasting communities of young coders.