'An Hour of Code' - 20 companies including Google, Microsoft, and Facebook provide coding training to 100 million students
Despite rapid advances in technology, only 10% of American schools offer specialized programming and coding classes, raising concerns about a future shortage of programmers and software engineers. To address this issue, the 'An Hour of Code' project aims to provide one hour of coding lessons to 100 million children and students around the world, helping them become familiar with 'writing code' from an early age.
An Hour of Code for Every Student | Indiegogo
You can see movies in which prominent technology companies, such as Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg and Microsoft's Bill Gates, invite participants to the project below.
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Hadi Partovi, founder of Code.org, the non-profit organization that runs the An Hour of Code project.
According to Hadi, only 10% of schools in the United States offer computer science classes, meaning there aren't many opportunities for children to learn to code from an early age. Furthermore, there are almost no female or
So Code.org, with the help of well-known technology companies like Microsoft and Google, launched 'An Hour of Code,' a project to encourage 100 million students around the world to learn to code for one hour.
'I wrote 42 lines of code,' says the girl.
An Hour of Code aims to train 10,000 programmer instructors and provide code learning to 100 million students, and is seeking funding of $5 million (approximately 540 million yen) to cover the necessary costs.
To get even young children interested in coding, we use content in which a game is activated by combining a few buttons.
CEO Zuckerberg also appeared and asked to participate in the project.
The girl was thrilled when the content ran using the code she wrote, exclaiming, 'Oh my god!!'
More than 20 companies are participating in the project, including Microsoft, Google, Salesforce.com,
The funds raised will be used to open programming courses and train instructors in schools around the world. For example, it costs $150 (approximately 16,000 yen) to hire one instructor and open a course at an elementary school. Since one instructor can teach 150 students, the cost per student is just $1 (approximately 100 yen). Therefore, even a small donation can make it possible for children to learn to code.
Children who complete the An Hour of Code class will receive a certificate like the one below, which will be engraved with the name of each donor who donated $1 or more.
At the time of writing, An Hour of Code's Indiegogo campaign has raised nearly $50,000 (approximately 5.4 million yen). The differences in plans based on the investment amount are as follows. The deadline for investment is 4:59 AM on December 15, 2014, Japan time. Because it's 'flexible funding,' all investments will be transferred to the project even if the target amount of $5 million (approximately 540 million yen) is not reached by the deadline.
$30 (approx. 3,200 yen): An Hour of Code sticker x 1
$50 (approx. 5,400 yen): I Heart CODE glasses (for adults and children) x 1
$80 (approximately 8,600 yen): 1 x Code.org hat, 1 x laptop sticker
$100 (approximately 10,000 yen): 1 x An Hour of Code T-shirt, 1 x An Hour of Code sticker
$250 (approximately 27,000 yen): Your name will be featured in Code.org's online courses for one month.
$500 (approximately 54,000 yen): 'CODE Like a Girl' zip-up hoodie x 1
An Hour of Code for Every Student | Indiegogo
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/an-hour-of-code-for-every-student
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