Khan Academy Programming (for ACM Education Council)

An overview of the Khan Academy programming curriculum, presented at the 2013 ACM Education Council.

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1. Khan Academy Programming Saturday, November 2, 13
2. Khan Academy Saturday, November 2, 13
3. K-12 Subject Tutorials Saturday, November 2, 13
4. Exercises & Videos Saturday, November 2, 13
5. Personalized Learning badges notifications Saturday, November 2, 13
6. Teacher-facing Analytics Saturday, November 2, 13
7. Teaching Programming Saturday, November 2, 13
8. What we teach Languages Uses Java Python C++ Haskell JavaScript Ruby Scheme Games Animation Hardware Robotics Data Science Simulation Mobile Websites Lua No Installation Needed Shareable Fun for Anyone Gateway Drug Saturday, November 2, 13
9. ACE editor JSHint ! BabyHint ! Loop Checker ProcessingJS How students program Saturday, November 2, 13
10. What we cover Drawing Variables Animation Text Functions Logic Looping Arrays Objects Saturday, November 2, 13
11. How we teach: “Talk-throughs” Uses same environment they program in Making passive instruction interactive! https://www.khanacademy.org/cs/programming/drawing-basics/p/intro-to-drawing Saturday, November 2, 13
12. How we assess learning: challenges staticTest StructuredJS Esprima Saturday, November 2, 13
13. staticTest(“Add the ifs!”, function() { var descrip = “Now add an if to check if the number is positive.”; var pattern = function() { var $numVar = $numVal; if ($numVar > 0) { rect($x, $y, $w, $h); } }; result = match(pattern); if (passes(result)) { var goodX = structure(pattern, inRange(“$x”, 10, 20)); if (!matches(goodX)) { result = fail(“Hm, does your rect start on the side?”); } } assertMatch(result, descrip, displayP); }); How we assess learning: challenges Saturday, November 2, 13
14. How we improve: User feedback Saturday, November 2, 13
15. How we improve: Overall Analytics Challenges Attempted: 244,168 Challenges Completed: 162,858 Challenge Completion Rate: 67% Saturday, November 2, 13
16. How we improve: Overall Analytics Challenges Attempted: 244,168 Challenges Completed: 162,858 Challenge Completion Rate: 67% Saturday, November 2, 13
17. Creating a Community Saturday, November 2, 13
18. Questions & Answers Saturday, November 2, 13
19. Votes and Spin-offs! Saturday, November 2, 13
20. The Hot Programs Saturday, November 2, 13
21. Hour of Code • 1 hour curated subset of tutorial • Guide for teachers on how to use • Emails to teachers 1 month before, and students week of. Saturday, November 2, 13
22. Future Work • Projects with Peer Review • Internationalization • Accessibility • More Teacher Tools Saturday, November 2, 13