Welcome to our Hour of Code on Khan Academy

- [Voiceover] Heyyaz!

I'm Pamela, from the Khan Academy team.

So you're here for Hour of Code, right?

That's awesome!

I can still remember my
first hour of coding,

when I was a little kid,

and now I'm on my 10,000th hour of coding,

and it's still really, really fun.

There are tons of ways to learn to code,

and there's so many things
you can do with code,

like making games, if you like PAC-MAN,

or Angry Birds, or Minecraft,

or, if you like Science,
you can use programming

to visualize the way the Universe works

and help other people
understand it better.

If you like Medicine, you
could help doctors understand

what's going inside the human body,

because it's really crazy.

You could make robots,
like self-driving cars.

You could analyze data.

You could make websites like Khan Academy.

There's so much you can do.

Here, on Khan Academy, you'll
spend your Hour of Code

learning to make
computer-generated drawings.

We can't cover that
much in so little time,

but we hope you're excited
by your first taste of code

and wanna go deeper.

Here's what you'll do in the next hour.

First, you'll watch these
interactive talk-throughs.

They're kind of like
videos, where we write code

and we talk while we're writing it,

and you can see the result of
the code on the right side,

and you can pause it, just like a video.

But, even better than a
video, you can actually edit

the code that we've written

and see what happens when you change it,

and then you can turn it back
on when you wanna keep going.

Now, remember, there's audio, so make sure

you have speakers or headphones on

when you're watching these.

Next, you'll do a coding challenge.

This is how you practice
what you just learned,

and earn points for completing it,

going through each of the
steps until you get them done.

Try to get through each
challenge to the end,

but, if you don't, and
you're getting frustrated,

don't worry, just keep going
to the next talk-through.

Finally, at the end,
you'll do a more free form

creative project, where
there's no right answer

and the point is just to have fun

while using what you've learned.

And, hey, if this takes
you longer than an hour,

that's totally okay with us.

Here, at Khan Academy,

we believe that everybody
should learn at their own pace.

We'll always be here for
you to keep learning,

no matter how long it takes.

Ready to get started?!

Let's have a Coding Party!

Woo-hoo!