October 11 to 17 is Code Week in Europe, so Australia is joining in, as Hour of Code in the USA is from December 7 to 14. Why not do both?
Why do it?
• Because it is fun. How can you resist Angry Birds to learn coding in Scratch? https://studio.code.org/hoc/1
• Already done some tutorials, then take it to the next level and try different ones!
• Hour of Code 2015 promotion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L97YMYqLHc
Why Covergirl says girls need to code https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr6b4nwo-5k
Get started with fun, self-paced, step-by-step learning at: https://code.org/learn
• Look for the “Sign up” button and sign up (optional), but helps keep track of your progress.
• Click on the white arrow in the purple column to find many more options, or click on the purple dots under each selection bar.
Want more? Try: https://studio.code.org/
And even more at: https://code.org/learn/beyond