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Nov 2018
1h 12m

Teaching Kids to Code

Patrick Wheeler and Jason Gauci
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Patrick and Jason discuss how to teach kids to code by building logic, reasoning, and problem-solving skills at different ages. They share how they learned themselves and offer ideas for getting children excited about the fundamentals behind programming. 
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