This presentation was created by Nina Peery for the 2014 TCEA Tots and Technology Conference in Galveson, Texas.

1. Kids
Coding
?
Yes,
They
Can
!

2. QuickTime™ and a
decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
Presentation by Nina Peery featuring
students of White Oak Intermediate School

3. What is Coding?
It is NOT
btw, brb,
imho, rofl,
ttyl.
LOL!

4. C C# C++
Objective
C
Java
Java
Script
Common Programming Languages

5. Perl PHP Python
Ruby SQL Visual
Basic
Common Programming Languages

6. Why Introduce Students to Coding?
“I think everybody
in this country should learn
how to program a
computer — because it
teaches you how to think.”
-Steve Jobs
http://www.geekosystem.com/code-dot-org-launch/
“If we don’t learn to
program, we risk being
programmed ourselves.”
-Douglas Rushkoff
author of Program or Be Programmed: Ten
Commands for a Digital Age

7. My Story
a blog
a website
&

8. Hour of Code is Coming
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r990CWYtx_o

9. You don’t have
to know code
yourself to
introduce your
students to it!

10. Hour of Code
Computer Science Education Week
December 9-15, 2014
irst 100,000 classrooms to sign up received 10 gigabytes of freespace.

11. Beyond the Hour of Code
First 1,000 classrooms to have 15 students complete the course received a
$750 Donors Choose grant. If half of them were female, they received an
addition $250!

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Coding Course Conclusion
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rbi7keldjZY

14. Introducing:

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16. My Coding Kids

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decompressor
are needed to see this picture.
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19. No
Computer?
No
Problem!
12
unplugged
activities
included
in the 20
hour
coding
course
from

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Let’s
Try
One
Now

21. Unplugged Activity -
Conditionals
If
(card.color==black){
team.points+=1;
}
else{
team.points-=1;
}
If card color is
black,
then team point
increased by 1,
otherwise team
point
decreased by 1.
JavaScript Pseudocode

22. Kids
Coding?
Yes,
They Can!
Presented by:
Nina Peery
Technology Teacher
White Oak
Intermediate School
peeryn@woisd.net