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Samantha John

Jocelyn and Sam introduce themselves and their company which builds a visual programming language called Hopscotch to teach kids how to code. They explain that Hopscotch aims to make coding accessible and fun for kids by using a drag-and-drop interface on tablets to avoid complex syntax. They discuss how coding skills are becoming essential for students and will help prepare them for the future job market focused on technology.

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1Thursday, July 25, 13 Greeting, Introduce ourselves and our names. We make a visual programming language to teach kids to code
2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
What we do. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
What we do. How we got started. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
What we do. How we got started. How it works. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
Coding is the new literacy 4Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - literacy used to be reading, now thats enough. - everything is code, point out devices in the room that are controlled by software? - 10 years ago people thought they had to teach their kids spanish or mandarin, now its code.
An essential part of education. 5Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - Computer Science is making its way into the curriculum - UK + other counties have mandated Computer Science education for all school kids 1st grade onwards. - NYC is piloting mandatory computer science education for middle and high school students - President Obama pledged 3.1 billion to improving STEM education in the US. In his state of the union address he issued a call to better equip graduates for the high tech economy.
Its a superpower. 6Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - when you know how to program you can create anything. - This app is just for me and my roommate to split our household bills. - I also made an app that enters all my friends in the online lottery to win tickets to shakespeare in the park - another app creates a gym schedule with only yoga classes in my neighborhood. Next were gonna show you a video from Code.org
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So why dont more people learn to code? (scary hard code syntax) 8Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - coding is really scary and intimidating - get one little parenthesis wrong and your program wont run - kids are really bad at typing
Hopscotch makes it easy for kids to code. 9Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - Our visual programming language eliminates the need for syntax. You can just drag and drop blocks of code. - Youll never get scary error messages.
The building blocks of all programming languages. 10Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - There are thousands of programming languages with different syntaxes - But once you know the basic constructs of computer science you can use them in any language - Loops, variables, branching logic etc.
Targeting the right platform. 11Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - We built Hopscotch for tablet devices - Drag-and-drop is really tedious on the desktop but its fun on tablets - Kids love iPads, #1 most requested toy last Xmas - Growth is huge, 47% growth since 2012. Expected that 54% of online Americans will have a tablet by 2014.
The focus is on creating. 12Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - I used to be a teacher and I found that project-based learning was really effective - Kids feel very empowered when they create something through code - Huge desire to show off what they made.
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Wolfsonian presentation

  • 1. 1Thursday, July 25, 13 Greeting, Introduce ourselves and our names. We make a visual programming language to teach kids to code
  • 2. 2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
  • 3. 2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
  • 4. 2Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: anecdote about lego mindstorms vs pink purses. We knew we had to build a toy that could appeal to girls too
  • 5. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
  • 6. What we do. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
  • 7. What we do. How we got started. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
  • 8. What we do. How we got started. How it works. 3Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: Heres what were going to talk about tonight.
  • 9. Coding is the new literacy 4Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - literacy used to be reading, now thats enough. - everything is code, point out devices in the room that are controlled by software? - 10 years ago people thought they had to teach their kids spanish or mandarin, now its code.
  • 10. An essential part of education. 5Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - Computer Science is making its way into the curriculum - UK + other counties have mandated Computer Science education for all school kids 1st grade onwards. - NYC is piloting mandatory computer science education for middle and high school students - President Obama pledged 3.1 billion to improving STEM education in the US. In his state of the union address he issued a call to better equip graduates for the high tech economy.
  • 11. Its a superpower. 6Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - when you know how to program you can create anything. - This app is just for me and my roommate to split our household bills. - I also made an app that enters all my friends in the online lottery to win tickets to shakespeare in the park - another app creates a gym schedule with only yoga classes in my neighborhood. Next were gonna show you a video from Code.org
  • 13. So why dont more people learn to code? (scary hard code syntax) 8Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - coding is really scary and intimidating - get one little parenthesis wrong and your program wont run - kids are really bad at typing
  • 14. Hopscotch makes it easy for kids to code. 9Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - Our visual programming language eliminates the need for syntax. You can just drag and drop blocks of code. - Youll never get scary error messages.
  • 15. The building blocks of all programming languages. 10Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - There are thousands of programming languages with different syntaxes - But once you know the basic constructs of computer science you can use them in any language - Loops, variables, branching logic etc.
  • 16. Targeting the right platform. 11Thursday, July 25, 13 Sam: - We built Hopscotch for tablet devices - Drag-and-drop is really tedious on the desktop but its fun on tablets - Kids love iPads, #1 most requested toy last Xmas - Growth is huge, 47% growth since 2012. Expected that 54% of online Americans will have a tablet by 2014.
  • 17. The focus is on creating. 12Thursday, July 25, 13 Jocelyn: - I used to be a teacher and I found that project-based learning was really effective - Kids feel very empowered when they create something through code - Huge desire to show off what they made.