When did we collectively decide coding for kids should just be moving cartoon characters through mazes? Is there any empirical evidence this activity is useful for helping kids do interesting and personally meaningful things with code? If there is, please point me to it #CSforAll
2) Students have created 56M projects on @codeorg, applying skills learned via puzzles to open sandboxes (logo-style art, block-based games, javascript apps)
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I’d encourage any CS educator or student who is only familiar with one single-modality coding tool to spread their wings a little and explore. There are many great approaches, and we all have room to grow/learn.
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@codeorg played a big role in popularizing puzzle-based coding with our first#HourOfCode activity, I bear some personal responsibility if any tool-makers or educators have actually decided that a puzzles-only approach is best... - Show replies
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Based on a quick query: in the last year on http://Code.org , the # of students who created a project is 81% the # of students who have tried solving a puzzle.
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