I find the Hour of Code event quite interesting. It's an event as part of Computer Science Education Week (Dec. 8th - 14th) with the aim of getting people from all walks of life interested in coding and particularly kids in schools. When I think back to when I was in school 10 years ago there were no options for me to learn how to code or get involved in web development, unless I taught myself outside of school. It's fantastic that schools are finally getting kids involved in coding more in recent years and hopefully this will encourage more innovation and help solve skills shortages in IT somewhere along the line.
How 'Hour of Code' sparked a movement that could teach 100 million people to code - TechRepublic
Join the largest learning event in history, Dec 8-14, 2014
Some info on Computer Science Education Week:
http://csedweek.org/