Here is a copy of an email I got today from Khan Academy.
Maybe you have heard of it. It's a site that offers free classes in all kinds of subjects.
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Hi, ________,
I'm Pamela, and I teach
programming for Khan Academy. Now that we live in a world where so much
of our lives go through computers—our personal interactions, our health
tracking, our jobs—I think it's increasingly important for everyone to
learn how computers work and how you
can program them to do what you want. I love programming because it's
empowering and creative, and I want you to get a taste of that too, in
our Intro to JavaScript course.
I wanted to make it easier for you to get into programming, so I've created our Summer of Scripting. Sign up, and from mid-June to mid-August, I'll send you emails with your goals for the week.
We'll also have weekly contests
for everyone in our coding community, so you'll have even more ways to
practice programming and show off your growing skills to your friends.
Spend three hours a week with us this summer, and by the end of it,
you'll know the fundamentals of JavaScript, one of the world's most
popular languages. See you soon!
I got this email through signing up at Khan Academy. So you will probably get to be on the mailing list for signing up for this.
Pamela
Teacher, coder, creator
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FYI: Some of my other websites and blogs are: The Find Scholarships and Grants Blog, The GS Betsy's E-blast (for Kentuckiana Area 17 and Beyond), From the Garden Spot (another Betsyanne blog), and The Teacher Tree (I will be working more on this one later this year).