From e91bcefea73cdf986895847a02e01246de96093c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Anton Stroganov Date: Sun, 10 Nov 2013 21:32:59 -0500 Subject: [PATCH] notes - My KidsRuby Journey --- .../my-kidsruby-journey/notes/aeon-notes.md | 26 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+) create mode 100644 source/talks/my-kidsruby-journey/notes/aeon-notes.md diff --git a/source/talks/my-kidsruby-journey/notes/aeon-notes.md b/source/talks/my-kidsruby-journey/notes/aeon-notes.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3ce5dd --- /dev/null +++ b/source/talks/my-kidsruby-journey/notes/aeon-notes.md @@ -0,0 +1,26 @@ +--- +author: Anton Stroganov (@aeon) +--- + +KidsRuby Journey - PJ & Katie Hagerty + +- Katie started to code in 4th grade, initially to beat her older brother at it +- now wants to code for fun +- "I wanted to be like my dad and be a ruby programmer and work at home in my pajamas" +- started with kidsruby.com +- kids learn fast... people forget how smart they can be after they grow up +- cutest keynote talk ever +- "do you want to be a bazzilionaire?" + - "well, I do, but forget about the money, it's about helping people" +- "what do you say to kids who want to learn to program?" + - "do it, it's fun" +- "what do you say to adults who want to help kids learn how to program?" + - "Don't say "[Kids], here's a laptop and candy, come code with us!"... anyway, you can't make them learn, it's for people who find it interesting". +- resources for kids: + - coder dojos, + - kidsruby.com, + - hackety.com, + - codeacademy +- Doing more stuff than just tutorials? + - Working on a project with her dad - kitter, like twitter for kids. + - Also building an app for her coder dojo. \ No newline at end of file