guerrilla education
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note stress?
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Don’t — slides available on slideshare.net/chrisdavidmills
problems persist
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Outdated/bad courses Reaching the problem
educators Hard to change curriculum
passive content
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Web Standards Curriculum MDN Learn, and Content kits
Codecademy Khan Academy
guest speakers
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Discuss real world practices
Provide inspiration Set tasks based on their
teachings
code clubs
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codeclub.org.uk Nice way to get started
Now with HTML/CSS and Python projects, as well as
Scratch
coder dojo
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coderdojo.com Geek youth club
Wide range of learning Code, to Arduino, rPi (mainly
Minecraft)
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Maker parties Hive Network events
Focus on community, collaboration and grassroots
I did this
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At my kid’s school/Madlab Created my own courses
Beginners coding It’s my Web
Basic practical skills
The difficulties
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Complex: hard to keep enthusiasm
Short attention spans Very wide ability range
Timing
enthuse!!
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Short simple steps Avoid setup like the plague
Not too much theory Interesting projects Avoid distractions
Setup--
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Something like JSBin or Thimble helps
Although extra to learn Logins are a pain
advanced sections
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At end of each lesson e.g. Adv. layout, Media
queries Transitions, Web animations
Vendor prefixes
timing
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An hour a week ;-( Smaller classes ;-)
Get students to mentor Discuss problems as group
“Gifted” classes?
webmaker clubs
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An idea in progress Bring more power and
organization to Webmaker Own curriculum
web literacy map
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Read the map Foundation for Web literacy
Good basis for teaching
appmaker
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It’s really fun Drag and drop apps
Great for learning concepts Share and remix
Being replaced by new tools
pithy quote
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Our understanding of learning is colored by our cultural upbringing. Unfortunately, we’re were taught certain dynamics - the teacher knows more than we do, they are the authority, I’m stupid, screwing around is bad, failing is worse, don’t pass notes, don’t talk to strangers and don’t
cheat - all of these things (and more) are stored in our lizard brains, but none of them make a lot of sense when looked at through modern,
(Mozillian) eyes:
We’re all learning together, sometimes I’m the authority sometimes you are, we’re all smart/stupid together, hanging out, messing around, geeking out leads to innovation, I learn from failing, where are the post its?, talk to as many people as possible, perspectives shape your work, remix and
attribute.
Laura Hilliger, Mozilla Foundation
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photo credits
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Gorilla stencil, by Charles Williams
Gray concrete wall, by Iwan Gabovitch
Paper texture by MapleRose-stock
Cement with shoeprints, by Sherrie Thai
Firefox Add-ons, by Foomandoonian
photo credits
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Stormtroopers, by Adrian Pratt
Star Wars At At dog costume by GadgetSin
Dark side of the moon Nyancat by megahdwallpapers.net