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Showing Kids the Source

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osb2011-0696
Scheduled: Wednesday, June 22, 2011 from 1:30 – 2:15pm in B304
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When kids get hands on experience with the source code of a program, they get excited!

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I have been running a programming club with my kids and their friends for a couple of years. I would like to share what strategies I have learned, and show just how easy it is to get kids excited about programming. I have primarily been using Scratch as a tool and will be demoing some sample Scratch programs in the presentation.

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children, scratch, kids

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  • Me

    Andrew Baerg

    Biography

    I graduated from the University of Calgary in 2001 with a Comp Sci degree. I was hired on to develop a webstore for Edge Marketing (dba SOLE) in 2001 and went on to open source all of their internal systems. I am currently their CHO (chief hacking officer).

    I love all things that are self-propelled and have 2 wheels, I enjoy capturing light bouncing off of things, I make and drink a lot of espresso, and I am thoroughly enjoying life with my wife and 3 boys.

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