Introducing kids to coding with robots

Byryan

This article isn’t about coding, it’s about teaching kids how to think and solve problems in a structured manner.

6 years ago, Netscape pioneer Marc Andreesen published an essay in the Wall Street Journal titled “Why Software is Eating the World.”

This article is now nearly 6 years old, which shows that even 6 years ago this was a hot topic. And its popularity has been growing exponentially. So you shouldn’t shield your children from what will help them in the future.

Source: How to use tiny programmable robots to introduce kids to coding

The article is a behind the scenes look at Robotopia, a learning and competition. The competition put students, working as teams, in a real-time simulation against other teams.

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