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Re:Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming educ... by ronyeh on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:00AM (#5290738)
I have a similar background, with my earliest programming experience in Logo, drawing fun shapes. I then got into PC games, dealing with batch files, config.sys, and HIMEM to extract extra KBs of conventional memory.

I got back into programming when a friend and I built a flash card program to help us study vocabulary and memorize Chemistry equations. Programming is fun when it has a purpose!

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Re:Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming educ... by namuol on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:20AM (#5290820)
> When it has a purpose

I think this is the real key. It's one thing to teach kids programming, but you cannot teach them why its useful in the same way many engineers discovered why it was useful.

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Re:Code.org – Dedicated to growing computer programming educ... by ScottyE on Wednesday February 27, 2013 @12:58PM (#5293764)
I cannot agree more. Too many students find the subjects they are studying "pointless." Who will take the time to learn something they think (quite possibly rightfully so) is pointless.
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