[IAEP] Programmers in 30 minutes or less

[Walter Bender]

On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Manusheel Gupta <manu at laptop.org> wrote:
> Nick,
> Excellent link. Thanks for sharing it.
> Manu
>
> On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Nicholas Doiron <ndoiron at andrew.cmu.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> This link was circulating over the weekend: how do you explain computer
>> programming to a 15 year old in 30 minutes or less?

Interesting how few answers touched on giving the child a hands-on
experience. Of course my answer is to jump right into Turtle Art :P

-walter
>>
>>
>> http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/84866/30-minutes-to-explain-programming-to-a-15-year-old
>>
>> What I like most about these answers is that they should work even when
>> time is short and kids already use computers at home. There are some quick
>> exercises and thought experiments to help understand code in a way that
>> everyday computer use shields us from.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Nick Doiron
>>
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