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: Here’s what we’re going to talk about tonight.

6. What we do.
3Thursday, July 25, 13
Jocelyn: Here’s what we’re going to talk about tonight.

7. What we do.
How we got started.
3Thursday, July 25, 13
Jocelyn: Here’s what we’re going to talk about tonight.

8. What we do.
How we got started.
How it works.
3Thursday, July 25, 13
Jocelyn: Here’s what we’re going to talk about tonight.

9. Coding is the new literacy
4Thursday, July 25, 13
Jocelyn:
- literacy used to be reading, now that’s 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 it’s
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. It’s 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 we’re gonna show you a video from Code.org

12. 7Thursday, July 25, 13

13. So why don’t 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 won’t 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.
- You’ll 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 it’s 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.

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19. Questions?
14Thursday, July 25, 13