CoderDojo lightening talk presented by William Metz at the Atlanta Ruby User Group's November meetup.

1. McDonough
William Metz
CoderDojo McDonough Co-coordinator
SimplePhoto Co-founder

2. What is CoderDojo?
• Free coding sessions for young people ages
7 - 17
• Learn from professional developers and
other
volunteers in your community
• Background checks on mentors and
volunteers

3. coderdojo.com
facebook.com/coderdojo

4. Worldwide

5. Why mentor?
• Help young people
• Any commitment level is welcome
• Network with other developers in your area
• Future recruiting

6. Mentor near at a dojo you
Alpharetta
Atlanta
meetup.com/CoderDojoPonceSprings
McDonough
? Athens
? West GA
meetup.com/CoderDojoMcDonough

7. Start a dojo!
Southeast USA
… plenty of room to grow!
UK

8. Start a dojo
• Find a venue - library, college campus,
church
• Register with coderdojo.org
• Get help from Ponce Springs & McDonough
dojos
• Use LinkedIn to search for Mentors
https://github.com/CoderDojoMcDonough

9. Popular coding sessions
for younger students (7 - 10)
• Code Studio from Code.org
• Scratch

10. Popular coding sessions
for older students (11 - 17)
• Minecraft modding with JavaScript
• HTML5 Game Development - Quintus
• Explore Electronics with Arduino

11. Thanks Al Snow and the
Atlanta Ruby Meetup!
william@simplephoto.com
www.coderdojohenry.com
meetup.com/CoderDojoMcDonough
meetup.com/CoderDojoPonceSprings
McDonough