“In almost any profession that you’re in now, software is starting to play a larger and larger role. What are the benefits for adults who are learning to code? I encourage parents, teachers, people of all walks of life to start dabbling a little bit.” And when I talk about people, I’m not just talking about students, I’m talking about people of all ages. It’s green field, it’s a new area and there’s all sorts of incredible tools for people to learn. So that’s the challenge, but there’s also an opportunity in that there isn’t anything to replace. A lot of educators haven’t been exposed to it when they were young. “The hard thing about programming is it hasn’t been there traditionally so you know we’re trying to find space for it in the traditional school system. It seems like we have a long way to go before coding becomes an educational tool “I think in the next few decades, at least having a strong familiarity with software and what programming can accomplish is pretty powerful.” Why should kids learn the basics of coding? And so that was my first hook, and that was back in the day when you didn’t have the Internet to look up things and to get help, but that immediately got me hooked, where you said ‘Hey, you can create anything you want using a computer.” I just started reading the manual and I realized I could make video games on it. “I was probably early high school or late middle school and I had one of those TI-85 calculators. What inspired you to start coding when you were a student? See more in our View from the Top conversation series.Here & Now's Eric Westervelt, speaks with Sal Khan, founder and CEO of Khan Academy, about the importance of STEM education and his move from online education to brick-and-mortar schools. This week, millions of people around the world are participating in the " Hour of Code," a movement to promote computer programming in a changing digital world. (Kimberly White/Getty Images for Vanity Fair) This article is more than 7 years old. Khan Academy founder and CEO Sal Khan speaks onstage during "The State of Digital Education" at the Vanity Fair New Establishment Summit at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts on Octoin San Francisco, California.
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