Download - J fall 2013 - how to get more kids to code
How to get (more) kids to code
Kim SpiritusSaskia Vermeer-Ooms
Intro
• Questions• Who are we• Tools• Events
Who are we
• Saskia Vermeer-Ooms
• Java Developer• Project leader• Duchess member• @momatwork
Who are we
• Kim Spiritus
• Java Developer• Duchess member• @KimSpiritus
Duchess
• Women in Java • International Java User Group (JUG)
Tools
• http://drtechniko.com/
• http://scratch.mit.edu/
• demo!
Alice
• http://www.alice.org
Alice
• demo!
Greenfoot
• http://www.greenfoot.org
Greenfoot
• demo!
BlueJ
• http://bluej.org
• http://mindstorms.lego.com
Sagan
• http://sagan.be/
Arduino
• http://www.arduino.cc/
Raspberry Pi®
• http://www.raspberrypi.org/
Events for kids
FIRST LEGO League
• http://firstlegoleague.org/
The Robot Game and Project are what teams do. The FLL Core Values are how they do it.
• http://makerfaire.com/• Make magazine• Maker faire• Make projects• Make kits
VHTO
• Talent watcher• Mirror image• Speeddating• Class• Girlsday• http://vhto.nl/
• http://www.devoxx.com/display/4KIDS
Scratch RaspberryPi: Mary had a little Lambda
Minecraft mods Lego Mindstorms
video: http://vimeo.com/77924199