How to get (more) kids to code

Kim SpiritusSaskia Vermeer-Ooms

Intro

• Questions• Who are we• Tools• Events

Who are we

• Saskia Vermeer-Ooms

• Java Developer• Project leader• Duchess member• @momatwork

Who are we

• Kim Spiritus

• Java Developer• Duchess member• @KimSpiritus

Duchess

• Women in Java • International Java User Group (JUG)

Tools

• http://drtechniko.com/

• http://scratch.mit.edu/

• demo!

Alice

• http://www.alice.org

Alice

• demo!

Greenfoot

• http://www.greenfoot.org

Greenfoot

• demo!

BlueJ

• http://bluej.org

• http://mindstorms.lego.com

Sagan

• http://sagan.be/

Arduino

• http://www.arduino.cc/

Raspberry Pi®

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/

Events for kids

FIRST LEGO League

• http://firstlegoleague.org/

The Robot Game and Project are what teams do. The FLL Core Values are how they do it.

• http://makerfaire.com/• Make magazine• Maker faire• Make projects• Make kits

VHTO

• Talent watcher• Mirror image• Speeddating• Class• Girlsday• http://vhto.nl/

• http://www.devoxx.com/display/4KIDS

Scratch RaspberryPi: Mary had a little Lambda

Minecraft mods Lego Mindstorms

video: http://vimeo.com/77924199