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I mainly post on my blog at https://ar.al  (RSS: https://ar.al/index.xml ) and interact on my Mastodon https://mastodon.ar.al . Please follow me there.

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    Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Feb 2014

    No, you cannot learn to code in a day. This is a dangerous oversimplification. It’s basically all wrong: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-7x7GYItzS4 … #yearofcode

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      2. Steve Dennis‏ @subcide 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral We can be precious about it, but people are talking about learning to code on national TV, which is great.

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      3. Aral Balkan‏ @aral 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @subcide

        @subcide All publicity is good publicity, eh? :)

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      4. Steve Dennis‏ @subcide 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @aral

        @aral In this context, I think so. Hard to argue it's bad if it gets even a small percentage more kids to *want* to learn to code. :)

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      1. Mrs Jo Allen BGS‏ @clockycompsci 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @stevebunce That BBC thing made me want to sob with frustration! I'm teaching primary children to code over a half term, not one hour

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      1. John Bevan‏ @bevangelist 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral Puts me in mind of a book I was given when I moved to Athens, "Learn Greek in 25 Years".

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      1. GabeVelez‏ @GabeVelez 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral it hurt just to hear code referred to as "gobbledygook" in that video. They really oversimplify the process but I hope more learn code

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      1. Eric Eggert‏ @yatil 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral “You can launch a website in an hour…” O_o Oh fuck, this will get so terribly wrong.

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      2. James Collado‏ @james_collado 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @TheOneImage From the same guys who brought you "How to be an impressionist world-class painting genius in a year! While you sleep!"

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      3. Brian Donnellan‏ @TheOneImage 6 Feb 2014
        Replying to @james_collado

        @james_collado @aral Why you do something, & framing your mental approach based on need, is much more important than how you do something.

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      1. Kev Marshall‏ @sidchip64 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @digitalmaverick an hour? ;)

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      1. David Bradley  ⚗️ 📷 🎸‏ @sciencebase 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @digitalmaverick Are you sure? ;-) 10 CLS 20 Print "Hello World!" 30 GOTO 10

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      1. Anwar‏ @anwarswati 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral what I am doing in this world?

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      1. Sean Holcroft‏ @Y90SMH 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral I've just looked at the video, £0.5m to train 170,000+ teachers = £2.94 each. I can't see children benefiting from that #yearofcode

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      1. Palmer‏ @johnny__palmer 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @stevebunce agree....

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      1. Mike Laurie‏ @mikelaurie 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @willsh You can learn to code in a day just like you can learn to speak French in a day. You just won't have any practical use for it.

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      1. Ian McNaught‏ @ianmcnaught 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral In one breath "I can't code", in the next "you can learn in a day". What's her excuse then?!

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      1. Keith Turvey‏ @Keith_Turvey 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @stevebunce Also the skills argument is weak. Moral and ethical imperative stronger. V. Naive to think all will go on to become coders

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      1. Nic Hughes‏ @duck_star 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral @stevebunce yep best you can do is inspire people to learn more!

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      1. Ediz Aziz‏ @FIR55TORM 6 Feb 2014
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        @aral This: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-26061864 … absolutely made me cringe this morning.

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