A brief overview of Simon Gauvin's 5 Myths of Coding in The Classroom (http://j.mp/1BMsQIh). "Currently, less than 10 percent of schools in North America teach coding, while 90 percent of all industries depend on it. This means that over the next 5 years demand for coders will exceed the supply, sending over a million coding jobs overseas." "Coding is one of the easiest subjects to teach." #edtech #codekids #vizwik

1. 5 Myths of Coding
in the Classroom

5. Why? Because today we have self-directed
learning tools like Scratch (K-5)...

6. ...and Vizwik (Grades 6-12)

7. Teachers now need to become facilitators,
not experts, because that’s already woven
into the fabric of these tools.

9. The human brain processes images
60,000x faster than text.

10. Visual coding with symbols makes learning
it a lot easier.

12. Coding is integrated into every aspect of human life. Arts, sports,
media, agriculture, architecture, and STEM, to name a few.

13. Coding is no more subject-specific than a
pencil or even a word processor.

15. Research shows that coding improves
cognitive function across all subjects, not
just coding.

16. Creating programmers is a myth.
Coding creates creative learners.

18. The best coding tools, like Scratch and
Vizwik, are free and run in a web browser.

19. No disk space,
little processing power,
no hardware upgrades
required.

20. Some coding tools, like Vizwik,
make use of smartphones but
embed a simulator right into the
browser.

21. These myths truly are myths.
The future is coding in the classroom.
The transformation started a few years ago.

22. Coding is the new literacy of
the 21st century.
Don’t let your students be
left behind because of fear
based on myths. Empower
yourstudents!

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