Guerrilla education

GuerrillaEducation

Chris Mills presents...

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note stress?

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Don’t — slides available on slideshare.net/chrisdavidmills

I’m chris mills

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MDN JS, CSS, HTML Accessibility

passionate about edu ex-Opera, w3c

web edu sucks?

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Improving all the time Scratch, Serif, Python,

HTML, CSS seen @ schools

problems persist

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Outdated/bad courses Reaching the problem

educators Hard to change curriculum

but let’s stop bloody moaning

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ideas going fwd

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Curriculum “add-ons” Extra-curricular activities

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curriculum add-ons

add-ons

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Can’t change curriculum? Teach it, but add in correct

content afterwards

add-ons

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Many teachers lack knowledge

So industry needs to supplement

passive content

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Web Standards Curriculum MDN Learn, and Content kits

Codecademy Khan Academy

active content

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Guest speakers Conferences/workshops

Student blogs

guest speakers

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Discuss real world practices

Provide inspiration Set tasks based on their

teachings

work experience

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Real world projects Real clients?

extra- curricular

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getting out there

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Meeting people Making friends Learning stuff!

code clubs

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codeclub.org.uk Nice way to get started

Now with HTML/CSS and Python projects, as well as

Scratch

coder dojo

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coderdojo.com Geek youth club

Wide range of learning Code, to Arduino, rPi (mainly

Minecraft)

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Maker parties Hive Network events

Focus on community, collaboration and grassroots

Create your ownmozilla

I did this

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At my kid’s school/Madlab Created my own courses

Beginners coding It’s my Web

Basic practical skills

The good stuff

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Inspiring kids Good for the school

You learn too Good for your CV

The difficulties

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Complex: hard to keep enthusiasm

Short attention spans Very wide ability range

Timing

enthuse!!

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Short simple steps Avoid setup like the plague

Not too much theory Interesting projects Avoid distractions

Setup--

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Something like JSBin or Thimble helps

Although extra to learn Logins are a pain

attention sp...

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Problem lessens with age Can be challenging Is 10 too young?

ability levels

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Anyone can code? Yes, but only some are

naturals 25% of my classes?

advanced sections

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At end of each lesson e.g. Adv. layout, Media

queries Transitions, Web animations

Vendor prefixes

timing

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An hour a week ;-( Smaller classes ;-)

Get students to mentor Discuss problems as group

“Gifted” classes?

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webmaker clubs

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An idea in progress Bring more power and

organization to Webmaker Own curriculum

web literacy map

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Read the map Foundation for Web literacy

Good basis for teaching

appmaker

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It’s really fun Drag and drop apps

Great for learning concepts Share and remix

Being replaced by new tools

pithy quote

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Our understanding of learning is colored by our cultural upbringing. Unfortunately, we’re were taught certain dynamics - the teacher knows more than we do, they are the authority, I’m stupid, screwing around is bad, failing is worse, don’t pass notes, don’t talk to strangers and don’t

cheat - all of these things (and more) are stored in our lizard brains, but none of them make a lot of sense when looked at through modern,

(Mozillian) eyes:

We’re all learning together, sometimes I’m the authority sometimes you are, we’re all smart/stupid together, hanging out, messing around, geeking out leads to innovation, I learn from failing, where are the post its?, talk to as many people as possible, perspectives shape your work, remix and

attribute.

Laura Hilliger, Mozilla Foundation

thanks!mozilla

[email protected] @chrisdavidmills

photo credits

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Gorilla stencil, by Charles Williams

Gray concrete wall, by Iwan Gabovitch

Paper texture by MapleRose-stock

Cement with shoeprints, by Sherrie Thai

Firefox Add-ons, by Foomandoonian

photo credits

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Stormtroopers, by Adrian Pratt

Star Wars At At dog costume by GadgetSin

Dark side of the moon Nyancat by megahdwallpapers.net