Coding particularly has been identified as an item of special interest amongst our young. And this is understandable as coding is slowly becoming the language of the future! There is no denying that it is an important tool in our children's future careers, regardless of specialization.
Microsoft YouthSpark in partnership with Code.org, Microsoft Asia Pacific's #WeSpeakCode campaign aims to promote coding as a language for everyone. The movement connects aspiring student coders of all skill levels with the tools, resources, and experience they need to turn their innovative ideas into reality.
I was very delighted to have been invited to attend Microsoft #WeSpeakCode Philippines' campaign and my kiddos were equally excited.
It was truly a fun learning experience for my boys, who are both so much into computers (yup, and gaming ~ Minecraft included)!
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Who knew, writing computer codes and creating your own program can be so simple and fun?
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Microsoft YouthSpark in partnership with Code.org, Microsoft Asia Pacific's #WeSpeakCode campaign aims to promote coding as a language for everyone. The movement connects aspiring student coders of all skill levels with the tools, resources, and experience they need to turn their innovative ideas into reality. Please visit www.wespeakcode.net to find out more about this advocacy.
Ohh that's interesting! Bloggers like us need to know basic codes at least.
ReplyDeleteThat's something new! It looks fun.
ReplyDeleteI love codes! But I don't know if the computer coding I knew before is still the same today. I doubt. Hehe...
ReplyDeleteit can be simple and fun, and I'm glad that microsoft found a way to introduce coding to kiddos in a fun way... but to be honest, it really depends on the type of language that is used for coding if it'll be easy or not... like html(very easy), javascript, c, c++ C# and so on... :)
ReplyDeletenice :) kids nowadays are more into computer and this is a great start as companies are now providing endless opportunities for them to learn computer codes and creating their own programs.
ReplyDeleteI was supposed to attend that event but we got stucked in super heavy traffic. As in literally not moving. Nakakainis!! Sayang. It sure looked fun.
ReplyDeleteOh the codes! It is a must nowadays. One thing about this whole thing is that our technology improves and makes things a lot easier for us.
ReplyDeleteI think even I need to learn this!!! :)
ReplyDeleteI wish we attended that event. I'm wishing one of my kids will be into coding someday.
ReplyDeleteInteresting! This is one reason why kids getting smarter with computers nowadays.
ReplyDeleteWow, this is a great initiative from Microsoft! I hope they continue doing this as a series, would love to have my daughter join when she's a bit older. At 3 years old, she's already a young techie who is very adept at using a tablet and smartphone. Her IT dad would love it if she can code, too!
ReplyDeleteThat must have been cool for the kids! Hope that there will be more coding tutorials for the young so they could be enticed into writing computer codes.
ReplyDeleteI don't know much about coding but I sure would like to learn.
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