Coding Camps Hope to Inspire the Next Mark Zuckerberg

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Barbara Ericson, director of computer outreach at the Institute for Computing Education at Georgia Tech, said people sometimes ask: why not wait until children are older to start teaching them how to program? "Anything over the age of 7 is capable, they are capable of learning reasoning," she said. Source: MSN

 

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Groups

College of Computing, School of Computer Science

Categories
Education, Computer Science/Information Technology and Security, Digital Media and Entertainment
Keywords
Earsketch; hip-hop; code; computer science; Barbara Ericson; high school students; Institute for Computing Education; code; summer camp
Status
  • Created By: Michaelanne Dye
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jun 28, 2013 - 7:04am
  • Last Updated: Oct 7, 2016 - 10:26pm