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Apple is using all of its worldwide network of stores as temporary classrooms this week to teach coding.<\/p>\n
The technology firm is using its 468 stores as bases for tutorials in the annual “Hour of Code” project.<\/p>\n
Craig Federighi, one of Apple’s top executives, says he wants to “set off a spark” in young learners.<\/p>\n
He also wants to dispel the geeky image of “solitary” computer programmers, saying “it’s an incredibly creative medium, not unlike music”.<\/p>\n
The Hour of Code is an international project giving people an introductory lesson in computer coding.<\/p>\n
It runs in about 180 countries, backed by technology firms and national governments, and last year claimed to have reached more than 100 million people.<\/p>\n
It is supported by US President Barack Obama and UK Prime Minister David Cameron, along with technology figures such as Bill Gates and Sir Richard Branson and representatives of Microsoft, Google, Facebook and Amazon.<\/p>\n
The Minecraft computer game is producing a special tutorial for the project.<\/p>\n