breaking down the wall: teaching teens about technology at the chattanooga public library (with...
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(This presentation was given with Engage3D Education Director James McNutt at the Fall Tenn-Share Conference in Nashville, TN on 9/20/13) In July 2013, fifty teens gathered on the 2nd Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library for four weeks to learn HTML, CSS, Python, and how to program robots in a program called DEV DEV:. It all started with a conversation in May 2013 between the Chattanooga Public Library, AIGA Chattanooga, and Engage 3D. The goal was to develop a technology/coding program for teens ages 12 – 18 that highlighted the importance of living in Chattanooga, one of a few cities in the Western hemisphere connected to a fiber optics network providing high speed gigabit internet access. Over the course of one month, the project quickly came together as a four week long camp developed by the library, Engage 3D, and AIGA Chattanooga with funding made possible by The Benwood Foundation, a private foundation in Chattanooga, Tennessee seeking to stimulate creative and innovative efforts to build and strengthen the Chattanooga community. FOR MORE INFORMATION • http://devdev.chattlibrary.org • http://engage3d.org • http://teens.chattlibrary.org • http://4thfloor.chattlibrary.orgTRANSCRIPT
Justin Hoenke & James McNutt
@justinlibrarian @sobriqu3t
#DEVDEV
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In July 2013, fifty teens gathered on the 2nd Floor of the Chattanooga Public Library for fourweeks to learn HTML, CSS, Python, and robotics
in a program calledDEV DEV:<summer of code/>.
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Developing Developers
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Why?
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It all started with a conversation…
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IMPORTANCE OF COLLABORATION
From the beginning, we realized that none of the involved organizations had all of the
expertise to make an event like this successful alone.
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Planning
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Contributors
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Designers
AIGAChattanooga
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Where did out applicants come from?
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What did a typical day look like?
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Morning Session
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM Lesson I
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Aivity
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM Lesson II
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM Guest Speaker
Afternoon Session
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM Guest Speaker
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM Lesson I
2:30 PM - 3:00 PM Aivity
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Lesson II
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Guest Speakers
“Listening to these people talk was inspiring to me because they were all self-taught, and yet, they have really good jobs
and have amazing opportunities. It’s really cool the advantages we will have because we have learned code. Talking with these
people makes me want to continue to learn.”
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Demo Day
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“The only other thing to say is that Dev Dev has made me realize how cool the library is and I will definitely be spending more time here!”
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Who learned more? Us or them?
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Questions?
@justinlibrarian @sobriqu3t
#DEVDEV
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