[LRUG] Talk proposal: teaching programming to children

[David Burrows]

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p.s. Steven Ragnarök is the most metal name I've ever heard


On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 6:50 PM, Ben Woodward <b at benw.me> wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> I'm interested in this. I've been trying to teach my young cousin Ruby,
> following the formula outlined in this talk -
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNbBC2pSiVw by Steven Ragnarök. (Slides:
> https://speakerdeck.com/nuclearsandwich/sugar-free-ruby)
>
> The idea is to teach objects first, before teaching 'tricks'. The thinking
> is that by giving learners the correct context right of the bat, then you
> prevent them from reaching a brick wall further down the path.
>
> Ben
>
> On 26 Nov 2012, at 18:32, Oto Brglez <otobrglez at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>  Hi all.
>
> Perhaps you can find some resources on Rails Girls: http://railsgirls.com
>
> --
> Oto Brglez
>
> W: http://opalab.com
> M: 0038631593799
>
> On Monday, November 26, 2012 at 7:15 PM, Najaf Ali wrote:
>
> Hey Pablo,
>
> Would really like to see this talk. I plan on volunteering for Code Club
> from next year on so I'd love to hear your thoughts.
>
> Cheers,
>
> -Ali
>
>
> On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 5:52 PM, Ed James (Alt) <ed.james.spam at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>  Yes, I would be very interested, given I've just started teaching Ruby to
> my 7 year old son.
> I'm using KidsRuby and so far it's been both difficult and fun.
>
> --
> Ed James
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> On Monday, 26 November 2012 at 17:10, Pablo Brasero Moreno wrote:
>
> Hi there, Would somebody be interested in a talk about teaching
> programming to children?
>
> Around April this year, I volunteered (or rather my company, New Bamboo,
> volunteered my time) to help out at a "Coding club" pilot. The idea was to
> see how programming could be made into an after school activity for
> children in the UK.
>
> For some time, I have had an interest in teaching. This Coding Club
> allowed me to actually dabble a bit in the field, and I learned a few
> things that others may be interested in. If you have similar interests
> (maybe for your own little ones?), or simply are interested on how
> programming may look to complete newcomers, you may like this.
>
> To make it even less Ruby-related, this actually was done in Python :P I
> could actually convert it to Ruby, but I'm not sure whether it would
> actually make sense (for reasons I can also explain).
>
> --
> Pablo Brasero
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