Every student in every school should have the opportunity to learn the basics of computer programming.
Since we all communicate with at least one language, in an ever growing digital world, we should be able to basically communicate thoughts and ideas to computer programs.
A recent study by Accenture predicts that digital technology will power $2 trillion (the total GDP of all 53 African countries) of the global economic output by 2020. Every young person deserves the privilege to learn the technology skills they need to seize the unprecedented opportunities ahead. Coding, like human language, can unlock the possibilities to collaborate, create new things, and ultimately grow our economies.
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Microsoft believes every young person should have the opportunity to learn computer science, giving them the problem-solving and critical thinking skills required in our tech-fuelled world.
To show that anyone can learn to code, Microsoft has partnered with Code.org to create a free tutorial, called “Minecraft Hour of Code Designer”. This tutorial uses Minecraft game to teach young people the basics of computer programming.
Minecraft is a game where you dig (mine) and build (craft) different kinds of 3D blocks within a large world of varying terrains and habitats to explore.
The Hour of Code campaign is a global movement to inspire millions of young people to try to code in an hour. It started as a one-hour introduction to computer science, designed to demystify “code”, to show that anybody can learn the basics, and to broaden participation in the field of computer science.
The MineCraft Hour of Code designer tutorial is a fun and easy-to-learn one-hour experience that builds on the success of last year’s record-breaking “Minecraft” tutorial, which reached more than 30 million students worldwide. The goal is to inspire millions more to try coding for the first time — and to keep going on their journey of learning computer science.
Visit aka.ms/codemc to start learning to code with the Minecraft Hour of Code Designer Tutorial for free.
The official Hour of Code campaign is owned and managed by the U.S. based non-profit called Code.org. The campaign is backed by over 100 partners and will span more than 180 countries and over 45 languages. Microsoft is a top execution partner for the Hour of Code.
This post was last modified on December 26, 2016 9:08 pm