Perhaps you only read the first half of the article? He lists quite a few specific things you can do to help in three major categories. Also, as a high school

Perhaps you only read the first half of the article? He lists quite a few specific things you can do to help in three major categories. Also, as a high school CS teacher who does teach an intro video game programming course, people do need encouragement. Getting started is hard, and someone to just encourage folks to keep working a worth quite a lot.