This episode provides a short summary of the reasons why all students should be learning to write computer code. Learning to write computer code used to be considered something that only gamers, hackers and residents of Silicon Valley would find useful, but all that is changing. Today’s students need to learn the basics of computer coding so they can understand how computer programs work and be able to write their own programs, create their own websites and develop their own apps. Simply learning how to use computer software and mobile apps may have been sufficient for previous generations but it is simply not enough for today’s learners. This episode is also available as a blog post:  http://teachersnotes.net/2020/10/06/the-importance-of-learning-to-code/ Written by Daniel Maxwell