When it comes to teaching students to code, and the skills and ideas they will learn, it can help to think of a painter’s palette. But in this metaphor, instead of thick daubs of oil paint, imagine a collection of virtues and values.
Just like the painter, who chooses different colors to make her palette, so does the educator or the parent who intentionally chooses virtues for children to explore while they are creating their own coding projects. In this way, programming becomes an opportunity for moral and ethical development as well as social and emotional growth.
