Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids to code

Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just "read" new technologies -- but also create them. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)

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[TigerFallOut]

I like the way he says "code" lol

[Pedro Ed]

cooooowde

[Lindax]

You need to try Scratch (or AppInventor) to realize that a lot of legit coding is happening there. Just because visually you can drag and drop, doesn't mean you can easily figure out what goes where. It does offer you hints, but logic is still required. Bugs still happen. Flow still matters. I don't think training wheels are meant to stay on the bike, but they sure help at the start of learning to ride.

[Harry Wells]

Cohhhhde

[alexgrinkov]

Estonia has this right too, I recently read somewhere it was legislated or was in the process. Anyway, Estonia is defintely not the worst country out there.

[Rebasepoiss]

Actually it's Finland where internet is a legal right of every citizen. Unfortunately Estonia still has lots of rural areas where there is no broadband internet connection. Sure, 4G is taking its place in areas like that but it's still not perfect. Estonia has created a very good image of itself as being very progressive but I'm not so sure we actually are. We're definitely not bad but in many aspects we've fallen behind.

[SuperDanny1016]

Way to advertise your "coding" software, don't get me wrong it's a good thing but I wouldn't necessarily call it coding

[Harikrishna Madeti]

After watching this video almost everyone opened scratch.mit.edu

nice video...

[יורי איבחננקו]

Scratch is boring.. in seventh grade we learned c# and that was real fun, until we got a new program and we moved to scrach wich is fun to use in the begining but gets boring evry leason...