Teach kids (7-17) to code with python & CoderDojo by David Campey

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TEACHING KIDS TO CODE IN PYTHON DAVID CAMPEY AFROLABS / LEVELUP NPC / CODERDOJO PYCONZA 2018

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helping learn TEACHING ^ KIDS ^ TO CODE IN PYTHON DAVID CAMPEY AFROLABS / LEVELUP NPC / CODERDOJO PYCONZA 2018

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SHOW CODE, DON’T TELL AND GET PLAYING AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

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LIGHTBOT not python, but a great starting exercise repeat level 1-* a few times, don’t rush ahead lightbot.com lightbot.com/flash.html http://lightbot.com/hour-of-code.html

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TURTLE Click icon to add picture Click icon to add picture For cheat sheet: “hello little turtles” chapter of how to think like a computer programmer. NOTE: this is actually fun!

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CODE COMBAT codecombat.com Hint: Create teacher account, then give out your class code

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HARDWARE IS FUN IT FEELS HARDCORE

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MICRO:BIT https://microbit.org/

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CIRCUIT PLAYGROUND https://github.com/CarlFK/cpx https://www.adafruit.com/product/3333 https://github.com/kattni/Welcome_to_CircuitPython_CPX

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KANO “Build your own computer with Raspberry PI” Has nice getting started exercises…

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GET STARTED JOIN A MOVEMENT OR START AT HOME

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CODER DOJO coderdojo.com project-based, self-organised

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CODE CLUB codeclubworld.org Educator/school aligned, sister organisation of CoderDojo

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HOUR OF CODE Annual event during Computer Science Education Week Lots (and lots) of activities to explore

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GET IN TOUCH OPEN SPACE, IN FOYER, FRIDAY, AFTER LUNCH [email protected] @DAVIDCAMPEY ON TWITTER