michaelmcgee0

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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
haha well their name is a typo so this makes perfect sense.
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Teaching Ventures Catch the Programming Wave(online.wsj.com)
8 points by michaelmcgee0 15y ago|0 comments
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
Great book idea! We salute you here at Code Academy.
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
This idea is what codelesson.com does. Taught online and instructor-led.
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
I think what he was getting at is that they are "not as effective" in teaching people how to build web applications. There are people who can learn this way, but for beginners, it is really difficult. In terms of data, we have tried them al
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Calling All n00bs – Learn How to Code with Code Academy(tech.li)
6 points by michaelmcgee0 15y ago|4 comments
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
Great comment! You are right in the fact that it doesn't cost you anything (or much) to learn to code, but what we would argue is what is the most effective way to learn? We started out down this path 18 months ago. We exhausted all the boo
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
My name is Mike McGee and I am one of the co-founders of Code Academy here in Chicago. "I've never taken a single programming class and am not techy-- my background is in math and economics." No problem at all. We are a "beginner-focused" p
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by michaelmcgee0 15y ago
I am Mike McGee, the other co-founder of Code Academy ( http://codeacademy.org ), and this description is pretty much exactly what our students are learning now. Our program is project-based and centered around pair programming with Ruby on