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Sarah Mei 4.08
Description:
Ruby is a great first programming language for kids of all ages. But how do you introduce it in a way that piques their curiosity and encourages them to dig deeper? It's not as hard as you think. I'll demonstrate how I used Ruby, Shoes, short iterations, and frequent deployment to get a big group of high school kids excited about programming, even though I hadn't done much teaching before. I'll also show how to adjust for younger kids, all the way down to elementary school age. You'll leave with ideas you can use in a classroom, an after-school club, or with the kids in your life at home.
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Kevin W. Gisi,
20 Nov 09:46 AM
Great job explaining the different aspects of teaching Ruby to the younger generation. Very impressed by your flexibility in your own presentation, as the audience started to really hone in on their own particular fields of interest.
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Kevin W. Gisi
3.48
This talk remains me when I was a teacher.I used to teach computer stuff to kids. It was my second job when I was a teenager. 18 years old. I would to be back to that but I find out kinda difficult to do it in a second language. Anyhow... that's the thing I most loved about her talk... the way she explains how easy could be teach kids another language, even ruby!