If the host of online coding tools, mentorship programs, and paeans to the value of a STEM education still aren't enough to get America coding, recently launched nonprofit Code.org hopes that Will.i.am might do the trick. Directed by Lesley Chilcott, known for producing An Inconvenient Truth and American school system documentary Waiting for 'Superman,' a newly-launched promotional video promotes coding in schools by emphasizing how easy basic skills are to acquire. The point of the 5-minute video is to make coding accessible, as well as to further associate it with not only startup heroes like Mark Zuckerberg but celebrities like Will.i.am and basketball player Chris Bosh.
"Coding is something that can be learned," says Bosh, who is...
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