Teaching Kids to Code
The Next Generation of Drupalers
NYC Camp matthewtift.com
July 2015 @matthewtift
Matthew Tift (mtift)
Skills for Kids
Photos:
Kevin Dooley,
Søren Niedziella,
Martin Abegglen,
John Lustig
Teaching Kids to Code
Dmitri Gaskin
Age 8: Taught himself to code
Age 10: Built school website in Drupal
Age 12: Conference talks
Age 16: Keynote in Australia
Age 19: Forbes 30 Under 30 (2015)
For ALL kids
Ninja
Rock Star
Genius
Talent is
overrated
What would
Matthew do?
Vim
or Emacs?
I see Drupal
in Vim
Not great for most 7-year-olds
Teach them SQL?
SELECT *
FROM config
WHERE name
LIKE '%image.style%';
SELECT *
FROM config
WHERE name
LIKE '%image.style%';Teach them Views?
Books
Books
Community?
Sharing?
Scheduling?
Purpose?
What would
other people
do?
Tips for teaching kids to code
- Scratch for younger kids, Python for older kids
- Show source code, don't just talk concepts
- Games are fun programming projects
- Keep your hands off the keyboard and mouse
- Give each kid their own computer in a class
- Skip the computer science
Minnesota
Girls
Johannesburg
Just a small list
code.org
codeacademy.org
udacity.com
coursera.org
codeschool.com
codeavengers.com
teamtreehouse.com
khanacademy.org
learnstreet.com
codehs.com
more!
Dude, why do
we need you?
Minnesota
Minne-wah?
Schools
Lack Qualified Teachers
Typically Math Teacher
High School Only
Elective
Minnetonka
Idea: K-12 Programming for all kids
Listen
Parent Focus Groups
Student Focus Groups
Photo: woodleywonderworks
Tonka <codes> design team
Parents, Teachers, Principals,
Media Specialists, Community
Art
Math
Music
Science
Reading
Multidisciplinary
Curricular
Co-curricular
Extra-curricular
Multiple Tracks
/ | \
Python |
Game Development |
Java |
Start Young
Experiment!
2013
Start Small
2013
Not Vim
Scratch
4th & 5th Grade
Coding Club, 2014
Raspberry Pi Club
Create Partnerships
Student Leaders
Start!
Train Teachers
350 elementary teachers trained last fall
Continue!
Finch Robots with Snap!
I talk about the web,
Drupal
What is code,
really?
Asian Penguins
Linux User Group
Asian Penguins: July Episode
< plug >
What is Drupal?
< seriously, another plug? >
What is Drupal?
PHP
Twig
HTML5
Symfony
Composer
JavaScript
Doctrine
Guzzle
Zend
CSS
Drupal as
Activity
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