Kids coding! Yes, They Can!

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This presentation was created by Nina Peery for the 2014 TCEA Tots and Technology Conference in Galveson, Texas.

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Kids Coding

?

Yes,TheyCan

!

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Presentation by Nina Peery featuring students of White Oak Intermediate

School

What is Coding?It is NOT

btw, brb, imho, rofl,

ttyl.LOL!

C C# C++

ObjectiveC

JavaJava

Script

Common Programming Languages

Perl PHP Python

Ruby SQL VisualBasic

Common Programming Languages

Why Introduce Students to Coding?

“I think everybody in this country should learn

how to program a computer — because it

teaches you how to think.” -Steve Jobs

http://www.geekosystem.com/code-dot-org-launch/

“If we don’t learn to program, we risk being programmed ourselves.” -Douglas Rushkoffauthor of Program or Be Programmed: Ten

Commands for a Digital Age

Hour of Code is Coming

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You don’t have to know code yourself to introduce

your students to it!

Hour of CodeComputer Science Education Week

December 9-15, 2014

First 100,000 classrooms to sign up received 10 gigabytes of free space.

Beyond the Hour of Code

First 1,000 classrooms to have 15 students complete the course received a$750 Donors Choose grant. If half of them were female, they received an

addition $250!

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Coding Course Conclusion

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbi7keldjZY

Introducing:

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My Coding Kids

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No Computer?

No Problem!

There are 12

unplugged activities included in the 20

hour coding course from

code.org!

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Let’s Try One Now

Unplugged Activity - Conditionals

If (card.color==bla

ck){team.points+=1

;}

else{team.points-=1;

}

If card color is black,

then team point

increased by 1, otherwise team point

decreased by 1.

JavaScriptPseudocod

e

Kids Coding?

Yes, They Can!

Presented by:

Nina PeeryTechnology Teacher

White OakIntermediate Schoolpeeryn@woisd.net