Developers and Educators - Teaching Kids Programming

Partnering on Education with your local Developers Lynn Langit – Sr. Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

5 minute presentation (end of) at User Groups
.NET developer
SharePoint
SQL Server
Java
PHP
15 minute unConference mini-talks
BarCamp
Open Agile
Scheduled micro-talks, 20 minutes
BIL
IGNITE
Girls in Tech

Techniques
Micro demo
One slide
Free stuff
For kids
For teachers

TeachingKidsProgramming .org

Microsoft *Sparks

60-minute live hands-on sessions for potential teachers
User Groups
CodeCamp
Local Universities
Can use Agile ‘ randori ’ technique to get group involvement
You only need 1 computer!

Techniques
Hands-on ‘as students’
Co-teach with you
Teach your own kids (with us)

1 or more sessions for kids at CodeCamp
Kids track at Code Camp
DigiGirlz day events
DigiGirlz camp events
TKP events

Techniques
Prepare developers to teach (can be remote)
Share courseware
Invite local school teachers to developer events (kid’s sessions)

http://www.TeachingKidsProgramming.org

Who are we? Developers, Volunteers People like you

KODU Visual World Programming

Visual Programming – When/Do

Small Basic

Courseware – Intentional Coding, Recipes

T-SQL Queries Finding the hottest boys

Querying the Cloud for ‘Hotness’

LEGO Mindstorms

Taking it even farther
After-school programs
Partnering developers with teachers
Invited ‘intersession’ teachers (one week)
Girls Middle School – Mountain View, CA
Teaching teachers to program
Riverside, CA User Group and Community weekend classes
Vital Link (on-going ‘field trips’ as classes)

Call to Action
Who is your local Developer Evangelist?
Get a list of User Groups
Engage!

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Developers and Educators - Teaching Kids Programming

by Lynn Langit on Jan 28, 2011

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