Tools to teach kids to code

Tools to Teach Kids to Code

Michael BlumenthalMicrosoft Office 365 MVP

PSC Group

Who is Michael Blumenthal?• 20 years in IT Consulting• Technical Solution Evangelistat PSC Group

• Office 365 MVP• Husband and father

AgendaWhy?

How to start

Additional Resources

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This is about you

• How many Developers?• How many IT Pros/Admins?• Not in IT?• How old are your children?

Has IT been good to you?

What do we want for our kids?

IT offers financial stability

Above Average Pay

Faster Recovery from Recession

$600,000 +

Diff(Av US Salary, AV IT Salary) x 40 yr Career =

From the BLS

OK, How?

Programming!

Web AppsCreate

Games in 3D Worlds

Lego Robotics Resources

Rx: 1 hour at a time

3 Web-Based ways to start programming

1: Code.org: Frozen

Kids these days….

2: Scratch.mit.edu

3: Touch Develop: tdev.ly/hoc

Touch Develop

Touch Develop

2 Appsto build your own 3D world games

#1

Demo - Kodu

#2

Lego Mindstormsto program robots

Lego Coding Video

• http://www.lego.com/en-US/mediaplayer/video/d458b19740714a72bc230f2c2d2541fe

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“I have seen the kids I coach learn problem solving, navigating through complex sets of instructions, and patience.”

-- R. Bahary _

More Resources

#1: You are Here• Paper Airplanes• 3D Printing• Digital Music & Rasberry Pi

• Minecraft Automation• Model Helicopters• Play Dough Circuits

#2MSFTStore

#3AppleStore

#4: Sylvan

Learning Centers

#5: Pluralsight

#6: Bing/Google for “teach kids to program”

• Daisy the Dino, Move the Turtle• Books• Also, Microsoft Access, PowerShell• List.ly List at http://bit.ly/TTTK2C

Let’s Review

Hours of Coding Fun • Frozen• Scratch• TouchDevelop

App Scriptin

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• Kodu & Project Spark

3D Worlds

• MindstormsLEGO

Resources

Choose Their Own Adventure

OS LanguageTime

Commitment

AgeInterest

Keep in Mind

Limit Screen TimeDon’t force itErgonomics

Skills and memories to last two lifetimes

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