Published December 8, 2015, in Education I gave a presentation to elementary school students on why they should learn how to code for Code.org's Hour of Week. It was a lot of fun! :)

1. Hour of Code
2015

2. Hello!
I’m Frances.
dabbler | designer | developer
@fvcproductions

3. senior CS major
developer
dog lover
Latina

4. It’s a one hour intro to
computer science,
designed to demystify
“code” and show that
anyone can learn the
basics to become
a creator.

5. 191,014 Hour of Code Events Globally

6. the NUMBERS here
😟

18. This is what
most people
think of when
they hear
“programmer”.

20. Gender
Distribution
@
Top
Tech
Companies

21. Racial
Distribution
@
Top
Tech
Companies

26. UNDERSTAND
RECOGNIZE
APPRECIATE
GOAL

27. Inspirational
Video
Montage
Time!

29. Yeah, ok…

30. Fine.
Let us consult
the Google.

31. You are GEN Z.
2005 to 2008

34. Creators, not
consumers.

35. What is
programming?

37. What can I
build?

38. Web
Sites
Web
Apps
Mobile
Apps
Desktop
Apps
Games
ANY
THING

39. iOS Android
Mobile Development

40. Web
Sites
Web
Apps
Web Development

41. What do I use
to build it?

43. HTML STRUCTURE

44. CSS STYLE

45. Layers of Web Design
JS BEHAVIOR

46. 🖥❤🖥?

47. YER A WIZARD!

49. “Choose a job you
love, and you will
never have to work
a day in your life.”

51. R 🤑 I

52. $98,000
Avg. salary for a CS major 5 years out of school
$49/hour

54. $100,000/year
Tech Analyst in San Francisco

56. FORGE
YOUR
OWN
PATH

59. faster
easier
cheaper
replaceable
not annoying
manual labor
not a
creative pursuit

61. Time
to
Code!

62. 🤖🤖🤖 hard
🤖🤖 okay
🤖 easy

63. CodeCombat
codecombat.com/?hour_of_code=true
🤖🤖🤖 hard

64. Lightbot
lightbot.com/hocflash.html
🤖🤖 okay

65. Code.org
Star Wars, Minecraft, Frozen
🤖 easy

66. CodeMonkey
playcodemonkey.com
🤖 easy

67. CHOOSE A GAME

68. TEAM UP

69. WIN !!!
(BY LEARNING)

70. fvcproductions.com
@fvcproductions
Questions?
Happy
Holidays!