Hour of Code - Middle School

Volunteered at the urban Assembly Academy for Future Leaders in Harlem, NY through the Hour of Code program & ELiTE Education on December 8th, 2016 from 8:45 am to 11:30 am.

Helped out middle school students in their CodeCombat lessons and gave a presentation to middle school girls on why they should learn to code.

Received swag from ELiTE Education in exchange.

Transcript

1. Hour of Code 2016
2. Hello! I’m Frances. dabbler | designer | developer @fvcproductions
3. MS CS at Cornell Tech worked as a developer dog lover Fullstack Academy grad Latina (Peruvian) vegetarian
4. It’s a one hour intro to computer science, designed to demystify “code” and show that anyone can learn the basics to be a maker, a creator, or an innovator.
6. 150,000+ Hour of Code Events Globally
22. Gender Distribution @ Top Tech Companies
23. Racial Distribution @ Top Tech Companies
24. This is what most people think of when they hear “programmer”.
32. UNDERSTAND RECOGNIZE APPRECIATE GOAL
34. You are GEN Z
36. Creators, not consumers.
37. What is programming?
39. What can I build?
41. ❤?
42. YER A WIZARD!
44. “Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.”
46. R I
47. $98,000 average salary for a CS major 5 years out of school $49/hour
49. $122K/year Tech Analyst in Redwood City, CA
53. faster easier cheaper replaceable not annoying manual labor not a creative pursuit
55. Lightbot lightbot.com/hocflash.html
56. CodeCombat codecombat.com/?hour_of_code=true
57. Code.org Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen easy
58. CodeMonkey playcodemonkey.com easy
60. fvcproductions.com @fvcproductions Questions? Happy Holidays!