Karim Meghji is the new CEO and president at Seattle-based computer science education nonprofit Code.org.
Code.org于2013年由Hadi Partovi和Ali Partovi两兄弟创办,其使命是将计算机科学教育推广至K-12学生群体。该组织获得了微软(Microsoft)、亚马逊(Amazon)、谷歌 (Google)等公司近6000万美元的资金支持。目前,Code.org平台上有1.02亿名学生和300万名教师,全球各地的学生在Code.org上共创建了2.32亿个各类项目。
2015年11月17日,雷德蒙德,华盛顿州——为了在全球范围内深入推广计算机科学,微软公司携手 Code.org 共同发布了针对学生和教育工作者的《我的世界(Minecraft)》编程教程,以响应将于12月7日-13日“计算机科学教育周”期间举办的“第三届编程一小时”活动。
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