Teaching Kids Programming Jan-April 2011 Update

Teaching Kids Programming TKP Jan 2011 – April 2011 Lynn Langit – Sr. Developer Evangelist http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

Activities in 2011 Q1
Teaching
Training Teachers
Writing Courseware
Partnerships with non-profits
Partner with new SmallBasic developer team
Getting Resources (Donations)

Teaching 2011
OC, CA - 6
San Jose, CA - 8
Inland Empire, CA - 4
Seattle, WA - 1
Phoenix, AZ - 7
Minneapolis, MN - 1
Johannesburg, South Africa - 1
Copenhagen, Denmark - 2
22 sessions world-wide, (775 students) delivered in Q1 2011

New Teachers 2011
Ashley Myers – Seattle, WA
Dustin Hotard – Irvine, CA
Megan O’Rourke – San Diego, CA
Rebecca Madison – Irvine, CA
Candice Lei – Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Bluto – Irvine, CA
Telmo Sampio – Miami, FL
7 new teachers trained in Q1 2011. These addition bring the total number of (known) trained TKP teachers to 35 world-wide.

New Courseware / Methods
Homework (Koans)
SQUARE & HOUSES
Variations (Katas)
HOUSES
Teacher Training Materials
Website
TTT videos
Best Practices
Virtual Proctor documentation
Cheat Sheets
Teach from the Cloud (SQL Azure)

Courseware – Intentional Coding, Recipes

Querying the Cloud for ‘Hotness’

SmallBasic Language
Pair with new Developer Team
Bug fixes & Feature Prototyping
SmallBasic Extensions
New / Update / Translate (Localize)

Partnerships 2011
Vital Link – OC, CA
IGNITE – Seattle, WA
TechBridge – San Jose, CA
Dare2BDigital – San Jose, CA
SQLPass / SQL Saturday - National
Desert Code Camp – Phoenix, AZ
DigiGirlz (Microsoft) - global

Needs
Netbooks
Classroom sites (offices)
Kids (non profits / schools)
Teachers
Proctors
Courseware editors
Translators
Program evaluators
Program Administrators / Logistics

Planned for 2011
Invited speakers CS & IT National Symposium
Invited speakers Agile 2011
NetBook (classroom-in-a-box)

Future Directions
Deeper Integration with US National School System
Corporate Sponsorship
Non-profit status
Cloud hosting / virtual classrooms
Teacher Guide (written)

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Teaching Kids Programming Jan-April 2011 Update

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