Bill Gates and Mark Cuban Do Zoom Chats With Code.org Students
Bill Gates has donated over $4 million to Code.org, while Mark Cuban has donated over $500,000. But long-time Slashdot reader theodp writes that they're now doing even more: As it strives to "teach your children at home while school is closed", tech-backed Code.org's efforts to engage students and their parents have included encouraging kids to email app pitches for Shark Tank investor Mark Cuban (AP CSP teachers were contacted and asked to make students aware of this "once in a lifetime opportunity") and join two-way Zoom meetings with Cuban and other celebrities like Bill Gates. Gates called the health crisis "a bit like war, with all of humanity fighting the virus," and added that the internet was helping to "reduce the pain a little bit," according to Geekwire's report. "Calling it a 'crazy time,' Gates said he is safe with his family at home and he's consuming endless information about what's happening with the pandemic in the United States and around the world... "He said it will be interesting to see whether some students learn better, going at their own pace, digging online for more information, reaching out to friends who are good at particular subjects."
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