TED-Ed just released the first episode of a 10-part series called "Think Like a Coder." It's an animated adventure starring a teenager named Ethic who wakes up with amnesia in a prison cell and befriends a hovering robot named Hedge, who will do anything she tells it to do in the form of pseudocode instructions. In this first episode we learn about for, next, and while loops, which Ethic uses to get Hedge to pick some locks.
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Sep 30, 2019
New animated YouTube series for kids: Think Like a Coder
This suture practice kit would be a great birthday present
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If Bob Ross taught math
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Get your toddler on the road earlier with the world's lightest balance bike
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