Why I love programming (and why I teach it)

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING ! (…AND TEACHING IT!) by pamela fox

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HOW’D I GET INTO IT?

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WE WERE SURROUNDED.

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WINDOWS DOS, FTW

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AND THUS IT BEGINS...

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HOW I SPENT MY NEW YEARS VACATION

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THE POWER OF THE WEB

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DIGITIZE ALL THE THINGS!

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SCHOOL PROJECTS

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CYBERCLUB

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #1 It’s creative

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COLLEGE PICKING TIME! 11TH GRADE.

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A FEW OF MY FAVORITE THINGS... - Event Planning (+ Computers) - Graphic Design (+ Computers) - Language learning (+ Computers) - Newspaper layout (+ Computers) - Computer Programming - Website Development ! COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS, COMPUTERS.

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WHERE? 3D Animation Linguistics Computer Science

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COMPUTER SCIENCE + LINGUISTICS

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COMPUTER SCIENCE + ANIMATION

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COMPUTER SCIENCE + GAMES

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SIDE PROJECTS!

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #2 It’s interdisciplinary

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IT’S JOB FINDING TIME! SUMMER AFTER SENIOR YEAR.

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“DEVELOPER ADVOCATE” THE YEARS

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THE YEARS

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20% TIME THE YEARS

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THE YEARS Japan Australia Singapore France Brazil Philippines

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #3 It’s fun to teach

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THE HACKING YEAR

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THE YEAR

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THE YEARS

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OUR TEAM

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http://life.khanacademy.org/ WE EAT…

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WE BOND… http://life.khanacademy.org/

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WE CELEBRATE! http://life.khanacademy.org/

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING #4 It’s collaborative

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WHY I LOVE PROGRAMMING Collaborative Creative Fun to teach Interdisciplinary

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Teaching Programming

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What we teach Languages Uses Java Python C++ JavaScript Ruby Games Animation Hardware Robotics Data Science Simulation Mobile Websites Lua No Installation Needed Shareable Fun for Anyone Gateway Drug HTML SQLnew! new!

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ACE editor JSHint ! BabyHint ! Loop Checker ProcessingJS How students program (JS)

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ACE editor Slowparse ! Loop Checker HTML How students program (HTML)

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ACE editor SQLlint SQL How students program (SQL)

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Curriculum

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What we cover

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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

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How we assess learning: challenges staticTest StructuredJS Esprima

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Giving more opportunity for practice: Projects

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Community & Cult(ure)

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The Characters Hopper (...is a HER!) Winston Oh Noes Guy, the Error Buddy

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...The Avatars!

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Questions, Help Requests, Evals

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Votes and Spin-offs!

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The Hot Programs

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Contests & Collaborations http://cs-blog.khanacademy.org/2015/01/holiday-contests-lights-trees-snow.html Tree decorating Snow game http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2Z42yiLtDo

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WHAT I WANT STUDENTS TO LOVE ABOUT PROGRAMMING… Collaborative Creative Fun to teach Interdisciplinary