Coding Improves Creativity
CODING IMPROVES CREATIVITY Casey looks at his computer screen and calculates his next move carefully. As part of a study assignment to produce a simulation of the Earth's tides, he's been trying to animate a moon around the earth for a better part of the hour, a set of instructions that prove more complicated than he had expected. But the dedicated sixth grader draws closer to his ideal with every iteration and adjustment. Finally, he enters the X coordinate with -10 degrees, the Y with 21 degrees and entering hits. He smiles with ecstatic joy while watching his moon circled around the earth perfectly. The history of Casey is one of several that shows how the act of learning to code promotes something that many think is our children's most vital ability: creativity. All of us are born. We as children engage in imaginative play, ask questions, paint bright photos and construct complicated stuff with our blocks, but reduce our ability to think creatively. It isn't beca...