Run a Nonprofit Like a Startup to Move Fast and Help Thingstechcrunch.com2 ポイント·投稿者 seashore·12 年前·0 コメント
Taking a look at the learn-to-code movement and its opportunity in 2015venturebeat.com1 ポイント·投稿者 seashore·12 年前·0 コメント
CodeNow (YC W14 non-profit) expands to Miami to intro more youth to codingknightfoundation.org8 ポイント·投稿者 seashore·12 年前·0 コメント
YC Backs Its Next Nonprofit, Coding Education Program CodeNowtechcrunch.com57 ポイント·投稿者 seashore·12 年前·32 コメント
seashore·12 年前·議論Thx! Would like to learn more about what you're working on. Send us an email info(at)codenow(dot)org
seashore·12 年前·議論Not familiar with Open System instruction. Is it similar to Open Learning? Our model draws threads from the flipped classroom approach.
seashore·12 年前·議論Thx! The ecosystem is starting to develop. We have conversations with most of the established orgs in the learn to code space. It's important to attack the problem from multiples angles.
seashore·12 年前·議論When we first started we had an amazing group of volunteers with experience in Ruby. Our focus is project based learning. It's been perfect for this.
seashore·12 年前·議論Thx! Exactly our goal. Get them excited about learning to code early on so they will stick with it as it becomes more difficult.
seashore·12 年前·議論We teach Ruby. Students learn about: - variables - notion of different data types (string / integer/ array / hash) - string interpolation - iteration / enumeration - looping - boolean conditionals - defining/invoking methods
seashore·12 年前·議論That's not our intention. Our focus is to create awareness for these students that becoming a software engineer is an option.