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Friday, June 28, 2013
Weekend Reader on Teaching Coding
Kids DIY Game Creation App TinyTap Heads To iPhone, Launches Its Own App Store [TechCrunch]
UT launches video gaming academy [Austin American-Statesman] - Video games are big business, bigger than movies at this point. This is at least part of the reason to incorporate coding into our K-12 curriculum.
How and Why to Teach Your Kids to Code [Lifehacker] - Plus two bonuses from the same site, Learn Beginner and Advanced HTML/CSS Skills for Free and Hopscotch HD Introduces Kids to Programming.
Three Free iPad Apps That Teach Kids To Program [iPad Apps for School via Twitter]
Why You Don’t Need to Go to University to Learn How to Code [GOOD]
How coding might just save our kids [USA Today]