{"id":912,"date":"2017-05-19T13:55:37","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T13:55:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peoplecert.wpengine.com\/getbusy\/en\/?p=912"},"modified":"2017-08-04T12:39:48","modified_gmt":"2017-08-04T12:39:48","slug":"teach-your-kid-to-code-heres-how","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hepis.gr\/getbusy\/en\/2017\/05\/19\/teach-your-kid-to-code-heres-how\/","title":{"rendered":"Teach Your Kid to Code, Here\u2019s How"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>What\u2019s some advice for parents whose children are interested in learning to program? originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Quora<\/a> &#8211; the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nAnswer by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/profile\/Ken-Mazaika\">Ken Mazaika<\/a>, CTO and co-founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirehoseproject.com\/\">The Firehose Project<\/a>, on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/\">Quora<\/a>.<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give your children as many opportunities as possible to try programming.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Many parents think that programming is too complicated for their kids. Nothing could be further from the truth.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I used to teach coding classes with my co-founder, Marco Morawec, to children as young as seven years old:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>We ran a four hour workshop in Boston that taught seven to ten year olds how to build a computer game. The students learned how computer programs worked and learned the fundamental building blocks of everyday<br \/>\ncomputer programs (arguments, methods, logic, if\/else, loops, etc.).<\/li>\n<li>We also ran a more advanced class for eleven to fifteen year olds that taught them how to build a functional phone application. We used something called App Inventor, a coding environment developed by Google<br \/>\nand MIT, that makes it easy to build this type of stuff without fancy hardware requirements.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Coding is the literacy of the 21st century. On top of that, it\u2019s incredibly rewarding! Kids love to create, have amazing imaginations, and if you give them a chance to build something cool with code, they\u2019ll be so excited to<br \/>\nshow it off to you and their friends.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>If your children are already interested in learning to program, that\u2019s awesome. To help foster that interest, I\u2019d recommend a few things:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sign them up for coding workshops.<\/strong><br \/>\nYou can find a lot of these on meetup.com<\/li>\n<li><strong>Learn together with your kids.<\/strong><br \/>\nI started programming because my dad had a programming book. I grabbed it from his office and went through much more of it than he ever did. I thought he was going to be mad that I stole his book. But he was actually super happy that I was doing it. This made me want to keep learning.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Don\u2019t worry too much about which language you choose. <\/strong><br \/>\nThe path to becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.thefirehoseproject.com\/posts\/learn-to-code-and-be-self-reliant\/?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=quora_session&amp;utm_campaign=quora_answers\">self-sufficient developer<\/a>, who understands how to continuously learn new programming concepts and languages, is more important than the details of any particular programming language itself. Just pick a language and stick with it. We have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thefirehoseproject.com\/intro-course?utm_source=quora&amp;utm_medium=quora_session&amp;utm_campaign=quora_answers\">an online course on HTML\/CSS and Ruby<\/a> if you want to start there.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/Whats-some-advice-for-parents-whose-children-are-interested-in-learning-to-program\">This question <\/a>originally appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/\" target=\"_hplink\">Quora.<\/a> &#8211; the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights. You can follow Quora on<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Quora\">Twitter<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/quora\">Facebook<\/a>, and Google+.<\/p>\n<p><em>More questions:\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Computer Programming: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-some-common-things-people-learning-to-program-struggle-with?ref=huffpo&amp;rel_pos=1\" target=\"_hplink\">What are some common things people learning to program struggle<br \/>\nwith?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Career Advice: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-some-tips-for-a-smooth-and-successful-career-transition?ref=huffpo&amp;rel_pos=1\" target=\"_hplink\">What are some tips for a smooth and successful career transition?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Artificial Intelligence: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.quora.com\/What-are-your-thoughts-on-AI-and-its-ability-to-make-decisions-especially-if-it-came-to-a-life-or-death-situation?ref=huffpo&amp;rel_pos=1\" target=\"_hplink\">What are your thoughts on AI and it\u2019s ability to make decisions,<br \/>\nespecially if it came to a life or death situation?<br \/>\n<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000; text-indent: 0px; letter-spacing: normal; font-family: 'Open Sans', sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; float: none;\">Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.com\/quora\/teach-your-kid-to-code-he_b_14269128.html\">huffingtonpost.com<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s some advice for parents whose children are interested in learning to program? 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