Kids Coding Mentors
Yesterday kicked off Code.org's Hour of Code. It is a big push by Code.org to promote millions of kids across the country try programming for just one hour this week. President Obama kicked things off with a personal message to inspire kids to …
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Millions of kids grow up with aspirations of playing in the NBA. Being an All-Star. Winning a championship. Chris Bosh is one of the best basketball players in the world, and he wants to teach kids to code after he hangs up his sneakers. Chris is …
Lucy is a sophomore at Stanford who has been working with Breakout Mentor students since the beginning of the year. She has excelled working with both our youngest students doing Scratch and the older students learning Java, while always make sure …
Success stories are a great way to draw inspiration for a large goal. They show what is possible with a little focus and hard work. It is no different for kids wanting to learn how to program - it is a large time investment, but is fun and can lead …
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Luda joined the Breakout Mentors team the summer of 2013. He is a junior at Stanford studying computer science and has really enjoyed sharing his excitement for programming with his students. Let's hear how he got his start programming and his advice …
Gabe is the newest addition to our kids programming mentor team. He is a sophomore at Stanford studying Computer Science and first became interested in programming at a similar age to many of the Breakout Mentors students. Let's hear from him about …
Summer is drawing to a close this week and everyone is going back to school. There are hundreds of kids around Palo Alto that received their first introduction to programming this summer, many at summer camps. Don't let that excitement slip away! …
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It's happened again. Countries the world over are making radical changes to their elementary and secondary school curriculum, putting far more emphasis on computer science. The United Kingdom already paid more attention to kids programming education …
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