Hour of Code | Elementary School

I gave a presentation to elementary school students on why they should learn how to code for Code.org's Hour of Week.

It was a lot of fun! :)

Transcript

1. Hour of Code 2015
2. Hello! I’m Frances. dabbler | designer | developer @fvcproductions
3. senior CS major developer dog lover Latina
4. It’s a one hour intro to computer science, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to become a creator.
5. 191,014 Hour of Code Events Globally
6. the NUMBERS here
18. This is what most people think of when they hear “programmer”.
20. Gender Distribution @ Top Tech Companies
21. Racial Distribution @ Top Tech Companies
26. UNDERSTAND RECOGNIZE APPRECIATE GOAL
27. Inspirational Video Montage Time!
29. Yeah, ok…
30. Fine. Let us consult the Google.
31. You are GEN Z. 2005 to 2008
34. Creators, not consumers.
35. What is programming?
37. What can I build?
38. Web Sites Web Apps Mobile Apps Desktop Apps Games ANY THING
39. iOS Android Mobile Development
40. Web Sites Web Apps Web Development
41. What do I use to build it?
43. HTML STRUCTURE
44. CSS STYLE
45. Layers of Web Design JS BEHAVIOR
46. ❤?
47. YER A WIZARD!
49. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
51. R I
52. $98,000 Avg. salary for a CS major 5 years out of school $49/hour
54. $100,000/year Tech Analyst in San Francisco
56. FORGE YOUR OWN PATH
59. faster easier cheaper replaceable not annoying manual labor not a creative pursuit
61. Time to Code!
62. hard okay easy
63. CodeCombat codecombat.com/?hour_of_code=true hard
64. Lightbot lightbot.com/hocflash.html okay
65. Code.org Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen easy
66. CodeMonkey playcodemonkey.com easy
67. CHOOSE A GAME
68. TEAM UP
69. WIN !!! (BY LEARNING)
70. fvcproductions.com @fvcproductions Questions? Happy Holidays!