[ubuntu-za] Fwd: [loco-contacts] Hour of Code sessions sponsored by Ubuntu Locos next week?

[Jaco Stroebel]

I can help with tutoring/teaching. But I think it is a bit late to try and
get such an event going.

If someone already has one going in the Pretoria area, please feel free to
contact me.
On 5 Dec 2014 17:05, "Neil Oosthuizen" <nlsthzn at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good day all,
>
> I know that this is perhaps to short a time to really arrange something
> now but have a read on the mail below and perhaps in the future we can look
> into doing something like the author proposed.
>
>
> Regards
> Neil
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Neal McBurnett <neal at bcn.boulder.co.us>
> Date: 5 December 2014 at 18:15
> Subject: [loco-contacts] Hour of Code sessions sponsored by Ubuntu Locos
> next week?
> To: ubuntu-education at lists.ubuntu.com, "Ubuntu local community team
> (LoCo) contacts" <loco-contacts at lists.ubuntu.com>
>
>
> Is anyone in the local Ubuntu and free software community planning to
> sponsor any Hour of Code events?
>
> The event has gotten enormous in just one year - they are shooting to
> reach 100 million students this year, worldwide.  That will take help from
> everyone who can spare it.  Apple put it on their home page, and is
> offering sessions in all their stores.  Google and Facebook have promoted
> it along with a slew of others.
>
> This seems like a great opportunity for open source / free software folks
> to connect with our future developers and supporters, to say nothing of
> helping teach kids fundamental lessons about logic, algorithms and how
> technology works.  Computer science is a key to success in the world these
> days.
>
> First learn about it here:
>
>  Join the largest learning event in history, Dec 8-14, 2014
>   http://hourofcode.com/us
>
> There are a bunch of schools offering sessions for their own students, but
> there seem to be far fewer events for e.g. high school students whose
> schools aren't participating, or who looking to go further via an "out of
> class" session, I only see one event in all of Colorado (Rangeview High
> School, 17599 East Iliff Aurora).  So if we offer some, I bet kids would
> come.
>
> There is a wide variety of lessons available on a variety of computer
> languages for speakers of a variety of languages.  They're promoting the
> lessons with via languages like Squeak that are graphical so there aren't
> confusing syntax issues, and Javascript since it is available in
> essentially every device on the Internet.  Kids can use tablets and phones
> as well as computers, or even do fun lessons without computers at all.
>
> There are lots more ways for us to get involved here:
>
>  How to help | Code.org
>   http://code.org/help
>
> Are locos out there doing this?
>
> Any suggestions for the rest of us?
>
> Any handouts with an Ubuntu or open-source theme?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Neal McBurnett                 http://neal.mcburnett.org/
>
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