Back in October, a nonprofit crowdfunding campaign launched on Indiegogo with a view towards making computer science widely available in schools. And four weeks on, Hour of Code has beaten the previous Indiegogo record for the amount of funds raised. The organisers are seeking $5 million before December 14, and the money will be used to train 10,000 computer science teachers. The full funds haven’t yet been raised, but with more than a month to go and almost $3 million in the kitty so far, it looks likely to succeed. At any rate, it doesn’t matter too much. Given this...

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