Why all our kids should be taught how to code.
John Naughton argues our kids will be ”hamsters for the glittering wheels of cages built by Mark Zuckerberg in his kind,” unless: “Starting in primary school, children from all backgrounds and every part of the UK [should] have the opportunity to: learn some of the key ideas of computer science; understand computational thinking; learn to program; and have the opportunity to progress to the next level of excellence in these activities.” Also related: the above FastCo infographic looked to understand why we don’t have more female in tech. Their infographic showed that girls are typically smarter (& take more Math/Science classes) when they’re younger, but then tend to question their ability and change fields in college.
