Ask HN: Giving an Hour of Code Talk at a Public High School, RFC

1 points by katzgrau 10y ago ↗ HN

I've been asked to do a short introductory lesson to "coding" (god I hate that term) for a couple of public high schools.

A day later I'm doing the same thing at a local library.

As many of you have probably experienced, high school and college CS programs aren't always up to date on their content. For that reason, I want to be as real and up to date as I can about getting started in terms of languages, tooling, etc. Like, try and impart actual value.

What do you think of these slides so far - do you think I overstep in some areas or perhaps left something out that was important?

Slides are at: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1dKCMdE4Zz6WTAxXcodIURtnNEvNjh9NA4X2nx_GhCkQ/edit?usp=sharing

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SQL2219 10y ago ↗

how about a slide differentiating back-end vs front-end, traditional applications vs web. might also be interesting for people to see what technologies different companies use. how about a mention of coding boot-camps as a path, as high school kids are currently getting sticker shock while looking at colleges.