[Yr7-10it] Fwd: [echalk] BBC makes 2015 year of making and coding

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Looks interesting .. (via Sue Bicknell)

> http://www.agent4change.net/events/event/2121-bbc-makes-2015-year-of-making-and-coding.html
> 
Regards Roland

Roland GESTHUIZEN
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Begin forwarded message:

> From: "Price, Ken (DoE)" <ken.price at education.tas.gov.au>
> Subject: Re: [echalk] BBC makes 2015 year of making and coding
> Date: 12 November 2013 11:10:18 am AEDT
> To: "Echalk at lists.otn.edu.au" <Echalk at lists.otn.edu.au>
> 
> A bit closer in time, and shorter in duration – the Hour of Code.
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> http://code.org/hourofcode from http://code.org/
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> We are hoping to promote this as much as possible in our schools in tasmania, even though it is a US initiative. Lots of nice tutorials  etc – unofficial preview at http://csedweek.org/learn2
>  
>  “Code.org, the non-profit dedicated to promoting computer science education, today announced a nationwide campaign calling on every K-12 student in America to join an "Hour of Code." The initiative 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. The organization also announced the support of multiple organizations and individuals, including Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Apple, Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg, Reid Hoffman and Jack Dorsey”.
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> kp