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I should write up my notes from talking to them. I explained that programming was like speaking a language computers understood and used Spanish and English as
by jjacobson 12y ago
I should write up my notes from talking to them. I explained that programming was like speaking a language computers understood and used Spanish and English as examples.
I defined code as the words computers understand.
I defined a program as a story made up of code that a computer knows how to read.
A couple of the great questions I got were "Do you like your job?" and "Do you like typing all day?"
- wodenokoto 12y agoDid any of them get the Super Mario reference? Why didn't you go with something more current as your theme?
- jjacobson 12y agoI wanted to leverage the parallax scrolling background with Reveal and make it fun. And as soon as I plugged in the projector the entire classroom erupted with shouts of "Mario!!!!"
- ktsmith 12y agoBeing around 7-8 year olds pretty frequently, and having a 5 year old myself, I would have been surprised if they didn't recognize it and get excited.
- wodenokoto 12y agoThat's great! I actually didn't expect them to recognize the 8bit graphics. What really prompted me to ask was the "The princess is in another castle" reference at the end.