Khan Academy Programming (for GrillMasters)

An internal presentation about Khan Academy Programming curriculum, non-technical.

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1. Khan Academy Programming Friday, January 31, 14
2. 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 Friday, January 31, 14
3. ACE editor JSHint ! BabyHint ! Loop Checker ProcessingJS How students program Friday, January 31, 14
4. Curriculum Friday, January 31, 14
5. What we cover Drawing Variables Animation Text Functions Logic Looping Arrays Objects Friday, January 31, 14
6. 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 Friday, January 31, 14
7. How we improve talk-throughs Analytics Friday, January 31, 14
8. How we improve talk-throughs BEFORE AFTER Friday, January 31, 14
9. How we assess learning: challenges staticTest StructuredJS Esprima Friday, January 31, 14
10. How we improve challenges Challenges Attempted: 244,168 Challenges Completed: 162,858 Challenge Completion Rate: 67% Overall Analytics Friday, January 31, 14
11. How we improve challenges Manual Feedback Friday, January 31, 14
12. Giving more opportunity for practice: Projects Friday, January 31, 14
13. Community & Cult(ure) Friday, January 31, 14
14. Questions & Answers Friday, January 31, 14
15. Votes and Spin-offs! Friday, January 31, 14
16. The Hot Programs Friday, January 31, 14
17. The Characters Friday, January 31, 14
18. The Characters Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy Friday, January 31, 14
19. The Characters Winston Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy Friday, January 31, 14
20. The Characters Winston Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy Friday, January 31, 14
21. The Characters Winston Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy Friday, January 31, 14
22. The Characters Hopper (...is a HER!) Winston Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy Friday, January 31, 14
23. ...The Avatars! Friday, January 31, 14
24. Future Plans Friday, January 31, 14
25. Near term https://trello.com/b/ExwHjHa4/computer-science Friday, January 31, 14
26. Long term?? 5th grade 8th grade College - Programming basics - Practice via games, interactions - Comfortable with programming - Use programming to explore other topics Major in CS Use CS skills/theory with other major Go off into world, understand it better 3rd grade - Digital literacy Friday, January 31, 14