This morning started in science museum Nemo Code Week 2014. This EU initiative of Neelie Kroes (Digital Agenda) late teens acquainted with programming
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One of the priorities of the Digital Agenda for Europe is all children to learn ICT skills. In a number of countries including Britain is a compulsory subject in primary and secondary school program. In the Netherlands it is not there yet. However D66 parliamentarian Paul van Meenen held earlier this week a plea that mastering computer skills such as programming, a serious profession should be in secondary schools.
The initiators of the Dutch Code Week ECP and Kennisnet emphasize that programming or coding is not only a skill for future programmers and technology professionals, but for everyone. “Young and old, men and women, everyone from the workforce to the basics of programming, learn to be prepared for the future in order thereby to better deal with innovations in a world where everything is becoming more digital, and”.
Complicated
Programming would be logical and structured thinking and stimulate the learning ability of children, youth and adults. Moreover, the prospect of a job. It is seen by many as very complicated, however. Many teachers are therefore reluctant to teach children, simply because they do not understand it yourself. Box Code Week aims to show that anyone can program.
Nemo showed pupils aged 12 with a talent for programming see what programming is. Also went this morning, 12 primary schools in 12 provinces starts with an hour programmeerles where they used a special toolkit code week.
Workshops
The whole week there are free workshops. Children between 9 and 12 years next Friday in Haarlem learn how to create games. And the Amsterdam company Bomberbot late on that day children from 7 years to see how much fun can be. Program
In the United States, the Scratch programming language popular for children to learn the skill. Meanwhile make a junior version designed for children from 5 years playfully to get acquainted with programming. The company Bomberbot takes it in a different manner. It has developed a game that teaches children from 7 years to program. Players create a robot that they control with a simple visual programming language instead of a controller or cursor.
Hackathon
Neelie Kroes close the Code Week next Friday off in the Media Park in Hilversum with the launch of a Hackathon. Hundreds of young people from 14 years to be challenged to make the theme “Teaching How to Create Your Friends
in 24 hours innovative apps, websites and other digital tools.
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In itself well to learn the basics, but to children the deep throw strikes me as a little too overdone, I think Neelie never done an “if then else goto”.