Apple to host 'Hour of Code' at retail stores worldwide in December
Apple on Thursday announced that it will collaborate with Seattle-based Code.org for the second year in a row, hosting the Hour of Code --?designed to introduce the basics of computer programming --?and other events at its retail stores.
The events will take place at brick-and-mortar Apple outlets during Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 8 to Dec. 14. The Hour of Code will take place on Dec. 11, with other workshops scheduled throughout the week.
Apple's Regent Street location in London, for instance, will host a talk from NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil on Dec. 9. Reil, whose company produced Clumsy Ninja, will discuss "why he started coding and the thrill of developing next-generation mobile games that wow people with creativity and technology."
Other participants include FitPort developers Hideko Ogawa and Takako Horiuchi in Tokyo, Touchpress cofounder and chief creative officer Theodore Gray in Chicago, and Hopscotch chief Jocelyn Leavitt in New York, among others.
Apple also hosted the Hour of Code at its stores in 2013.
The events will take place at brick-and-mortar Apple outlets during Computer Science Education Week, which runs from Dec. 8 to Dec. 14. The Hour of Code will take place on Dec. 11, with other workshops scheduled throughout the week.
Apple's Regent Street location in London, for instance, will host a talk from NaturalMotion CEO Torsten Reil on Dec. 9. Reil, whose company produced Clumsy Ninja, will discuss "why he started coding and the thrill of developing next-generation mobile games that wow people with creativity and technology."
Other participants include FitPort developers Hideko Ogawa and Takako Horiuchi in Tokyo, Touchpress cofounder and chief creative officer Theodore Gray in Chicago, and Hopscotch chief Jocelyn Leavitt in New York, among others.
Apple also hosted the Hour of Code at its stores in 2013.
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On the other hand, I've tried for years to program efficiently and I am an absolute disaster. If I can't solve the problem in years, an hour certainly won't help. ????
Maybe you'll have a coding epiphany if you go.
My problem is that I'm usually too efficient.
My problem is that I'm not a coder.
My problem is that I hate coding.
NICE!
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." — William Butler Yeats
edit: Origin is actually unknown and there is no evidence that Yeats made that statement.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." — William Butler Yeats
"Some never learn for lack of combustible material." --- The White Falcon
'Tiger, tiger, burning bright'
I can code, I just don’t like it. I much prefer designing UI.
"Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire." — William Butler Yeats
"Most quotes on the Internet are misattributed." - Abraham Lincoln
Very good!
But at least the Internet is an oasis of good gramma and speling, init.
Is my quoted comment misattributed?
Is my quoted comment misattributed?
Unfortunately, yes. While it's a great quote there is no evidence that Yeats ever wrote or said that. Most likely origin of the quote is detailed here: http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/28/mind-fire/
Thanks, and bookmarking site.
I wish Apple would do this more. A programming class for an hour is to spark interest, not to throw the book at them. This is seriously needed as numbers with prospective engineers is actually dwindling. Many high schools across the country have actually cut down or killed off programming classes. (Ars had a write up about it today). I've witnessed this first hand with some kids I wanted to mentor. Their schools simply don't offer programming classes any more. Two of those high schools I went to and started my programming career in. Sad.
To be blunt, few people are capable of programming effectively. Even seasoned programmers are far and few between. It takes a very particular mind. I don't have what it takes and I recognize that fact. Coding gives me a massive headache and I prefer to avoid it at all costs. ????