# Let's teach kids to code

- Institution: TED
- Department: TEDxBeaconStreet
- Speaker: Mitch Resnick
- Year: 2012
- Level: For everyone
- Language: English
- Subjects: Computer science, Teaching and learning
- Source: [TED](https://www.ted.com/talks/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code)
- Licence: [CC BY-NC-ND 4.0](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) (Non-commercial use only, and no changed versions.)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (sources give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the source's own words)

Coding isn't just for computer whizzes, says Mitch Resnick of MIT Media Lab -- it's for everyone. In a fun, demo-filled talk Resnick outlines the benefits of teaching kids to code, so they can do more than just use new tech toys but also create them.

## Lectures

1. [Let's teach kids to code](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/learn/ted/mitch_resnick_let_s_teach_kids_to_code/ba28539f2db9), 17 min (TED's player)