Experience report of teaching kids to code by two organizations. They are TKP (Teaching Kids Programming) and TKPLabs.

1. WHEN
did you learn
to code?
@LynnLangit

2. TEACHING CODING

3. How long
did it take you?
@LynnLangit

4. 2007 – LEARNING TO CODE

5. 2017 – LEARNING TO CODE

6. Nov 2018 – Berlin, Germany@LynnLangit

7. The rest
of the story
@LynnLangit

8. HOW DO KIDS LEARN TO CODE?

9. @LynnLangit
DEVELOPERS CAN TEACH KIDS, RIGHT?
MSFT Digigirlz- link

10. We taught
EVERYTHING
@LynnLangit

11. @LynnLangit TKP Influences- link

12. PROGRAMMING:
VISUAL
OR
TEXT-BASED
@LynnLangit

13. VISUAL PROGRAMMING W/MSFT KODU
@LynnLangit Get Kodu - link

14. SmallBasic - link
SMALLBASIC
@LynnLangit

15. WORDS
PROVIDE THE BRIDGE
For SmallBasic
@LynnLangit

16. TKP-SMALLBASIC
@LynnLangit TKP SmallBasic - link

17. LOGO REIMAGINED
TKP
@LynnLangit Turtle Geometry - link

18. We held EVENTS…
around the world
@LynnLangit

19. COPENHAGEN, DENMARK
@LynnLangit

20. @LynnLangit
LUSAKA, ZAMBIA

21. @LynnLangit
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA

22. @LynnLangit
AUCKLAND, NEW ZEALAND

23. @LynnLangit
SOUTH KOREAN TEACHERS

24. WORDS
PROVIDE THE BRIDGE
For SmallBasic
@LynnLangit

25. LOCALIZATION
@LynnLangit

26. @LynnLangit
MOLOKAI, HI

27. WORDS
PROVIDE THE BRIDGE
For Java
@LynnLangit

29. “Why Java?”
@LynnLangit
Kodu ??? AP Java

30. TKP JAVA PATTERN LANGUAGE
DEMO
@LynnLangit

31. DEMO: TKPJAVA
@LynnLangit

32. WE MADE VIDEOS
@LynnLangit TKP Repos - link

33. We taught every child
one lesson or more
however...
@LynnLangit

34. TKP JAVA “COURSEWARE”
1. Using Objects,
Methods & For
Loops
2. Creating
Methods
3. If statements 4. Code Mastery
5. Recursion
6. Model View
Controller
7. Events
8. Test Driven
Development
@LynnLangit TKP Contributors - link

35. Code != Courseware
@LynnLangit

36. www.TeachingKidsProgramming.org
lynn@teachingkidsprogramming.org
QUESTIONS?
@LynnLangit TKP site - link

37. We built Courseware, Tools & Docs
@LynnLangit TKP Penflip site - link

38. We created Screencasts
@LynnLangit TKP YouTube channel - link

39. We built Utilities
@LynnLangit TKP Virtual Proctor - link

40. FINDING THE TEACHERS
@LynnLangit

41. TKP at School  Palm STEAM Academy
@LynnLangit

42. TKP at Work  Hunter Industries
@LynnLangit

43. @LynnLangit

44. 50%
could NOT
install it
@LynnLangit

45. We built a custom IDE
@LynnLangit TKP Codenvy IDE- link

46. Developers
can’t solve this problem
by ourselves
@LynnLangit

47. TKP MODELS
TKP - COURSEWARE
• Free, Open Source
• TKPJava
• Teachers teach themselves to code
@LynnLangit

48. THE FARM…THE HACKATHON
@jellis_tkp

49. #1
NO ASSUMING
@JELLIS_TKP

50. WHAT TO DO?
GOAL
• Boys and Girls together
• 20 hours of coding in one week
• 11-14 year olds
@jellis_tkp
Cooking & Coding Summer Camp
• TKPJava
• Other technical info
• Greek Cuisine

51. THE TEACHERS
@jellis_tkp

52. 60% RETURNED NEXT YEAR
@jellis_tkp

53. #2
WORK IN GROUPS
@JELLIS_TKP
#1 NO ASSUMING

54. Focus on the effort
Safe to Fail
@jellis_tkp

55. NO RULES
@jellis_tkp

56. “THE HUMMUS ARGUMENTS”
DATA SCIENCE UNPLUGGED
Garlic:
Raw vs Roasted
Chickpeas:
Peeled vs Unpeeled
@jellis_tkp

57. @jellis_tkp Information is Beautiful - link

58. #3
ALLOW SURPRISES
@JELLIS_TKP
#1 NO ASSUMING
#2 WORK IN GROUPS

59. Taking risks and
choosing difficult task increases
Growth Mindset
@jellis_tkp Carol Dweck – TED Talk

60. @jellis_tkp

61. PI DAY VIDEO on YouTube@jellis_tkp

62. #4
SHOW YOUR WORK
@JELLIS_TKP
#1 NO ASSUMING
#2 WORK IN GROUPS
#3 ALLOW SURPRISES

63. @jellis_tkp
1. IoT Lab
2. Pair Programming
3. We got funded!

65. #5
TAKE RISKS
@JELLIS_TKP
#1 NO ASSUMING
#2 WORK IN GROUPS
#3 ALLOW SURPRISES
#4 SHOW YOU RULES

66. @jellis_tkp

67. @jellis_tkp

68. • 3 weeks
• 24 teachers trained
• Over 400 students taught
@jellis_tkp

70. @jellis_tkp
SIX YEARS AGO

71. TWO MODELS
TKP - COURSEWARE
• Free, Open Source
• TKPJava
• Teachers teach themselves to code
TKP Labs – TEACHER-TRAINING
• Non-profit, Fee-based
• TKPJava, TKPIoT and Data Science
• Lead trainers teach teachers
@LynnLangit @jellis_tkp