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Why your 8-year-old should be coding – Tynker can help

April 13, 2013 /

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Learn-to-code startups abound these days, but one in particular is focusing on the very young and is having some success in elementary schools around the country — even underserved schools with no budgets for STEM but a great need for better tools.

The startup is Tynker http://www.tynker.com/ ; it makes a web-based learning platform and a visual programming language for teachers and kids in K-12 classrooms. In a discussion with its co-founder, we found out why teaching kids how to code is so important to him.

Jolie O’Dell

Full Story: http://venturebeat.com/2013/04/12/why-your-8-year-old-should-be-coding/

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