December 2013 Community Call

20 December 2013 · by Rebecca

Thank you to everyone who joined us this month in both the US & Ireland for our community call discussion Curriculum & Teaching.

Here are some of the resources that we'd like to share:

Scratch

Many dojos start off using Scratch as a way to introduce programming in a visual and interactive way.

What are some good next steps and ideas to get started?

CoderDojo Kata (Wiki) Scratchtastic – http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/ScratchTastic

CoderDojo Silicon Valley has shared some of their great resources:

Beginner Halloween Themed Game
https://github.com/CoderDojoSV/Monthly-Scratch
Slides from October
https://docs.google.com/a/coderdojo.com/presentation/d/1Vtqpk2cNUF_OlgkZEUMtCdXFD4x5fLCKk8WS7PH6KX8/edit#slide=id.p14

What are some other alternatives i.e. if you don't have good Internet/wifi?

There are several other similar programs that dojos have tried:

We've thought about projects that the youth can pick up and work on if they wish, what are some ideas?

Technovation Challenge – CoderDojo NYC and CoderDojo Silicon Valley have both had great experiences running through their Android App Inventor curriculum:
http://iridescentlearning.org/programs/technovation-challenge/

CoderDojo Burlington VT has been tinkering with Bootstrap, have any other dojos used it?

Algebraic Videogame Programming – Bootstrap is a curricular module for students ages 12-16, which teaches algebraic and geometric concepts through computer programming:
http://www.bootstrapworld.org/

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