I’ll be the first to admit…computers kinda scare me. Oh, I adore them — e-mail, Facebook, blogs, surfing the abundant resources, shopping, etc. — but it’s like I live in constant fear that they will one day stop working.
And they always do. The notorious Windows hourglass (which, in all honesty, should be updated to a flashing sign stating “What you are trying to do is IMPOSSIBLE”) or Mac’s prettier-but-just-as-frustrating spinning, rainbow wheel-of-death.
I don’t have the time or resources to go back to school and get a degree in computer science or programming. But I do have time to join Code Year 2012, a free resource to learn computer programming. Signing up is as simple as entering your email address on the main page. Once signed up, participants will receive a new, interactive programming lesson each week. As the website says, “You’ll be building apps and websites before you know it.”
If that isn’t enough, there is also CodeCademy where you can begin learning JavaScript coding immediately, should you choose not to wait for those weekly lessons to show up in your inbox. The lessons are simple enough for students to do, so my 12 year old and 11 year old will be learning along with me.
I don’t think I’ll be adding hardware or building computers from scratch any time soon, but if I can lift the veil a little? For free? Sounds good to me!
For more information about Code Year 2012, check out CNN Money’s article or Wired online.
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