Dr. Chetty was very excited and passionate about what she does. She gets to travel the world explaining the importance of integrating coding into the schools of both younger and older students. She gets the children excited to learn to code. I didn't know much about coding before her presentation, but she taught me so much. She brought in a robot that spins when it runs over white paper. The robot was built and programmed by kids! I Couldn't believe it.
I think that teaching younger kids coding is extremely beneficial. The kids will be exposed to a whole new subject, and they will pick up the skills quickly. Children love video games, teaching them coding will allow them to understand the "background" of they technology they use. They will learn about how their games are created. It's almost like putting Legos and video games together. Coding to me seems like a foreign subject, but exposing kids to it at a younger age will allow them to pick it up quicker. If I learned how to code when I was younger, I may have really liked it and maybe would have made a career out of it. At first, I didn't think coding would be something I would particularly want/ care about my students learning. However, Dr. Chetty encouraged me to change my views about it.
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