[LRUG] Talk proposal: teaching programming to children

[Nick Novitski]

I think I recall Stephen mentioning Railsbridge in that talk.  Either way,
they've got a good ruby/rails curriculum and set up guide:
http://workshops.railsbridge.org/resources-for-teachers/


- Nick Novitski <http://nicknovitski.com>
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On Mon, Nov 26, 2012 at 12:05 PM, Adeyemi Adeleye <adeyemi.adeleye at gmail.com
> wrote:

> +1 for the talk.
>
> .... time permitting, would love to be able to volunteer at some point
> myself. Next year hopefully.
>
>
> *Yemz*
>
> On 26 Nov 2012, at 18:58, David Burrows <david at designsuperbuild.com>
> wrote:
>
> +1
>
> 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
>> Sent with Sparrow <http://www.sparrowmailapp.com/?sig>
>>
>> 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
>> mailto:pablobm at gmail.com
>> http://pablobm.com
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