Coding in Year 5 and 6

“Programming is how we talk to the machines that are increasingly woven into our lives. If you aren't a programmer, you're like one of the unlettered people of the Middle Ages who were told what to think by the literate priesthood. We had a Renaissance when more people could read and write; we'll have another one when everyone programs.“
Tim O'Reilly
Founder, O'Reilly Media

Everybody is talking about coding – the language we use to tell computers what to do and how to work, which, in turn, tells other machines how to work. But how do we get started? Students at Phorms have no fear of learning these skills. At Berlin Mitte, the introduction of low cost tablets is giving students the opportunity to learn and practice coding using games and canvas programs by assembling code in blocks before moving on to textual coding.

It’s likely that the use of computer programs will become a part of virtually everyone’s job in the future. Many people are starting to believe that there will be only two jobs in the future: those where people tell computers what to do and those where computers tell people what to do! I'm not sure it is that simple but what do you think? Would you prefer to be in the first group or the second?

“In the emerging, highly programmed landscape ahead, you will either create the software or you will be the software. It’s really that simple: Program, or be programmed. Choose the former, and you gain access to the control panel of civilization. Choose the latter, and it could be the last real choice you get to make.“
Douglas Rushkoff
Author, Program or Be Programmed