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How 'hour of Code' Sparked a Movement That Could Teach 100 Million People to Code
Schools and organizations can host their own Hour of Code events.
Credit: Code.org
This week is Computer Science Education Week and Code.org hopes it will see unprecedented numbers of students and ordinary people take part in its worldwide Hour of Code learning event. Hour of Code makes hour-long coding tutorials available for various education levels and suitable for anyone age six and up.
The tutorials are compatible with smartphones, tablets, and PCs, and are available in more than 30 languages.
Code.org says it already is well on its way to making this year's Hour of Code the biggest ever. About 38,000 people signed up to participate in 2013, but ahead of this week's event, 66,000 organizations from around the world had signed up. Five million students participated last year and Code.org wants to double that number this year, with a goal of 100 million people participating in the program by the end of 2014. Code.org is well on the way to realizing that goal as 51 million people already have completed an Hour of Code tutorial this year.
Apple will be hosting Hour of Code events in all of its stores around the world this week and Code.org has partnered with organizations in countries ranging from Italy to Brazil and the U.K.
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