I’ll show snippets of code in various programming languages – even if it is just Hello World. Think of writing code like you are telling the machine what to do in a step by step way just like baking off a recipe. I like to use the metaphor of a recipe or driving instructions. Programming languages are just different dialects – just like English, Spanish, Russian, etc. The basics are then explained – code is simply instructions given to a computer. The question isn’t so much what you can do with code but rather what can you do that doesn’t involve code. Computers touch almost every aspect of modern living. I like to ask them what this is a picture of. It’s important to develop an interest at the start and playing games is a good way to do that.
I started just playing and then tinkering with the machine. Don’t drink the bad water or you’ll catch dysentery. Nothing captures 1990’s computing like the Oregon Trail. Gone are the days when you can play for just 20 minutes and get your fix for the day This is “The Black Cauldron” by Sierra. My dad got his hands on this sweet Packard Bell 386X computer! I liked the simplicity of Pacman. This was the first computer I was around. I show them a picture of my first computer and some screenshots of the games I used to play. I like to share how I got started working with computers. Middle school children don’t want to hear about your life story, so I make the introduction very quick and dive right into the session. This will help you understand why I do what I do. I would like to share the structure of my presentation. There’s always at least one of them with striking insight – I know they’ll go far. The teaching aspect excites me and I enjoy having my eyes opened by the students.
#HOUR OF CODE 2019 HOW TO#
I love volunteering for this event because I get to be around the younger kids learning valuable life skills – namely how to program a computer. Once again I volunteered for the Hour of Code to support this endeavor. Last month was Computer Science Education Week.
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