Dive Summary: 

• The new portal has been designed to spark interest in computer science among adolescent children by incorporating interactive visual materials in each lesson.
• Flexibility and personalization is a key feature of the portal, allowing students to make progress at their own pace.
• According to TechCrunch, this new platform for computer science education is a solution to the problem of too few students pursuing science and technology majors in college.

From the article:  

As educators struggle to motivate more students to take up technology-related majors, breakout online education startup, Khan Academy, has a novel approach. ”Computer Science is an intensely creative field,” says Shantanu Sinha, President of Khan Academy, which gave TechCrunch an exclusive look at their brand new education portal that teaches Computer Science fundamentals through interactive drawing. ...