{"id":42511,"date":"2015-10-08T04:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-08T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cira.ca\/blog\/once-great-unknown-how-kids-code-jeunesse-bringing-coding-mainstream-2\/"},"modified":"2023-03-10T10:57:54","modified_gmt":"2023-03-10T15:57:54","slug":"once-great-unknown-how-kids-code-jeunesse-bringing-coding-mainstream-2","status":"publish","type":"cira_news","link":"https:\/\/stg-saas.cira.ca\/fr\/ressources\/nouvelles\/etat-de-linternet\/once-great-unknown-how-kids-code-jeunesse-bringing-coding-mainstream-2\/","title":{"rendered":"The (once) great unknown \u2013 How Kids Code Jeunesse is bringing coding into the mainstream"},"content":{"rendered":"

Is coding a science subject? How old should students be when they start to learn to code? What is the role of the parent in a child’s coding education?<\/p>\n

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Is coding a science subject? How old should students be when they start to learn to code? What is the role of the parent in a child’s coding education?<\/p>\n
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As Canada is expected to see\u00a0<\/span>tech sector wage growth outpace the energy sector<\/a>, these are important questions. Yet curiously, they\u00a0<\/span>stil<\/span>l\u00a0<\/span>ten<\/span>d\u00a0<\/span>t<\/span>o<\/span>\u00a0go unanswered by the majority of educators. Luckily CIRA Community Investment Program<\/a> recipient Kids Code Jeunesse, is working to tackle this vital topic and bring it to the forefront of the educational curriculum. Kids Code Jeunesse is a non-profit organization dedicated to giving Canadian children the chance to learn to\u00a0code through intuitive teaching tools and support. We interviewed co-founder Kate Arthur for our podcast about the current state of computing coding in Canadian classrooms and how it’s never too late to learn another language\u2026 a coding one that is. The podcast is available\u00a0<\/span>here<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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