Getting Young People Coding

Based on a handful of things I've had the chance to do over the last few years, here's a couple of ideas about how to get even more young people more interested in code.

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1. GETTING YOUNG PEOPLE CODING JORDAN HATCH
2. @1jh 18 - young-ish :)
5. This time last year I was starting my second year at college
6. Writing code since 11
7. Going to tech events since 14
8. ICT teacher encouraged me to code
9. Build things for the school social network, start page, google apps
10. Taught a lesson on HTML and CSS to class (related it to MySpace)
12. ICT curriculum is boring
13. What’s the best way to teach young people to code?
14. Learning to program doesn’t have to be mundane
15. Build things
16. Build things that you have a need for
17. Build things that you will use yourself
19. Helped me learn Ruby on Rails
20. Helped me learn Ruby on Rails (and pass my GCSEs)
21. See results of time and effort immediately
22. Continue to improve it using it yourself = you know what needs work
23. Continue to improve it learn new skills whilst you’re doing it
25. Get involved with a community
27. Meet more young coders
28. Meet more young coders feel part of a bigger thing
29. Learn from mentors
30. Build even more great projects
31. Build even more great projects and show them to press and government
32. Make contacts gain experience &
35. We need more events!
36. Annual hack event vs Community of young coders
37. Can we make transition to wider community events less daunting?
38. Can we make transition to wider community events less daunting? local events more frequent and specialist
39. Can we make transition to wider community events less daunting? (but too young for the Christmas parties...)
40. Bringing computing into schools
41. After school clubs Code Club is starting in over 200 schools
42. School events
44. “Radical” changes for ICT -- Michael Gove, 11 Jan ’12
45. Three things we need
46. 1. Improve the IT curriculum and get rid of stigmas attached to computing.
47. 1. Improve the IT curriculum and get rid of stigmas attached to computing. 2. Encourage young coders to build things they’ll use themselves.
48. 1. Improve the IT curriculum and get rid of stigmas attached to computing. 2. Encourage young coders to build things they’ll use themselves. 3. Run more events and build lasting communities of young coders.
49. Thank you!
50. Thank you! to friends, mentors and community
51. Photo Credits http://www.flickr.com/photos/quinnanya/5251378117/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/paul_clarke/7758885044/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/benterrett/6852348725/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/haroon_k/6896354157/