Mitch Resnick: Let's teach kids how to code (TED Talk)

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Published 2016-04-19
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Coding isn’t just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab — it’s for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just “read” new technologies — but also create them. (Filmed at TEDxBeaconStreet.)

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Watch the original on the TED website here: http://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code
or on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ok6LbV6bqaE