TLT CoffeeRead for December 5: Codeacademy next frontier in education?
Forbes magazine looks at Codeacademy, a company that wants to teach anyone how to write software
Codecademy: Next Frontier In Digital Education Movement
"Codecademy wants to teach anyone how to write software. The way to do that is to eliminate intimidation (learning how to code gets hard quickly) by launching people into the act of programming immediately, for free, with no barriers at the start. 1Coding is the literacy of the 21st century,' says Codecademy cofounder Zach Sims, 21. 'Knowing it just helps you do things better, whether you are an investor, a journalist or an entrepreneur.'"
