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Mumbai school students explore coding, ‘language of future’

Mumbai school students explore coding, ‘language of future’ Sharmila Ganesan Ram ,TNN  |  Dec 5, 2015, 11.42 PM IST MUMBAI: It's not that Nimesh Haldankar hates cats. It's just that he can't help smiling every time his hammer thwacks a feline head that dares to peek from a bin. "I prefer dogs," admits the shy 13-year-old who recently created this wicked computer game with a few other dog-loving boys from his school. "It's easy," says Haldankar, showing you how to train the Garfield-like orange cat waiting onscreen to draw a 100 circles as a start. First, you drag the ready pink block that says "Repeat" into the instructions panel. Then you place the yellow block that says "Move forward" inside this pink block. Enter the relevant numbers--repeat 99 times and move forward 360 degrees, for instance--and press go. At the end of its assignment, the cat's smile is still intact and so is Haldankar's, even thou...

Computer Science Education Week - December 7 to 13

About Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) is an annual program dedicated to inspiring K-12 students to take interest in computer science. Originally conceived by the Computing in the Core coalition, Code.org® organizes CSEdWeek as a grassroots campaign supported by  350 partners  and 100,000 educators worldwide. CSEdWeek is held in recognition of the birthday of computing pioneer  Admiral Grace Murray Hopper  (December 9, 1906). Code.org® Code.org  is a non-profit dedicated to expanding computer science education. The Code.org vision is that computer science should be part of the core curriculum in every school, alongside other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses, such as biology, physics, chemistry and algebra. ****************************** ****************************** ****************************** ****************************************