So your kid is interested in technology, programming, robotics ?

1. Devoxx4Kids: So your
Kid is interested in
Programming, Robotics,
Engineering ?
Arun Gupta, @arungupta
Director, Developer Advocacy, Red Hat

7. Scratch
§ Features
- Visual 2D programming
- Drag and drop blocks
- 6m+ projects published on scratch.mit.edu
- Age 5-15
§ Teaching concepts
- Sequence
- Iteration
- Conditional logic
- Variables
- Data structures
- Events handling
- Parallel execution
- Synchronization
- Random numbers
- Dynamic interaction
- User interface design

8. Scratch

9. Scratch: Attack of the minions
http://scratch.mit.edu/projects/19011275/#fullscreen

10. Alice
§ Features
- Visual 3D programming
- Story telling with code
- Targeted at middle school girls
- www.aliceprogramming.net
- Age 10-15
§ Teaching concepts
- OO concepts
- 3D objects
- Create stories
- Comes with IDE, no syntax to remember
- Java underneath
- Camera/world navigation

11. Greenfoot
§ Features
- Type, compile, run, debug
- Interaction with Java classes
- Joy of Code: http://blogs.kent.ac.uk/mik/
category/joy-of-code/
- Greenroom, Greenfoot Hub
- http://greenfoot.org
- Age 10-15
§ Teaching concepts
- All Scratch concepts
- Parameters passing
- Return values
- Recursion
- Classes, instances
- Methods
- Inheritance
- Input
- 2D gaming and simulation
- All Java features available

12. Greenfoot

13. BlueJ
§ Features
- Java IDE
- Object-orientation
- Textbook, teacher support
- Extensions
- http://bluej.org
- Age 12-18
§ Teaching concepts
- Integrated IDE
- Graphical class structure display
- Graphical and textual editing
- Built-in editor, compiler, debugger
- Interactive object creation
- Testing

14. LEGO Mindstorms
§ Features
- LEGO on steroids
- Programmable robots
- Software and hardware
- Pack: NXT or EV3
- Brick
- Sensors
- Connection cables
- USB interface
- GUI to create/download programs
- Age 8-15
§ Teaching concepts
- All Scratch concepts
- Robots are also computers
- Sensor and event handling
- Compensation process

16. Arduino
§ Features
- Single-board micro controller
- Designed for hobbyists, students,
professionals
- Interact using sensors and actuators
- Comes with IDE
- Write programs using C or C++
- Age 10-15
§ Teaching concepts
- Ohm’s Law
- Breadboard
- Basic circuitry
- Sensor handling
- Connection with other devices
- C and C++

17. Arduino

18. Minecraft Modding
§ Features
- Break and place blocks in a 3D environment
- http://minecraft.net
- http://minecraftedu.com
- Age 8-15
§ Teaching concepts
- Java fundamentals
- Class, methods, variables
- Compiling, running, debugging
- Eclipse, NetBeans
- Maven

19. Minecraft Modding Tutorial
http://bit.ly/minecraft-tutorial

23. 120 workshops
~30% girls
>2k kids
236 volunteers

24. You can do it, we can help!

25. Kids can do it, D4K can help!

26. Sponsors
$$$
Equipment

27. What can you do ?
§ Open a local chapter
§ Host an event
§ Become an instructor/volunteer
§ Spread the word
§ Create a workshop
§ Sponsorship: $$, swag, hardware, …
- Devoxx4Kids USA is NPO and 501(c)(3)
- http://www.devoxx4kids.org/usa/donate/

28. We make a living by what we get,
but we make a life by what we give
Winston Churchil

29. The best way to predict future
is to create it
Alan Kay

30. Resources
§ devoxx4kids.org
§ USA: http://www.devoxx4kids.org/usa/
§ San Francisco Bay Area: http://www.meetup.com/Devoxx4Kids-BayArea/
§ Open a new chapter: http://www.devoxx4kids.org/join-us/
§ Parleys channel: http://www.parleys.com/channel/51b6ea81e4b0065193d63047