Is the 'Hour of Code' the New 30-Minute Saturday Morning Cartoon Commercial?

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By BeauHDNov 23, 2024, 8:00 am165 ptsTrending
Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: Past corporate-sponsored Hour of Code tutorials for the nation's schoolchildren have blurred the lines between coding lessons and product infomercials. So too is the case again with this year's newly-announced Hour of Code 2024 flagship tutorials, which include Microsoft…

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