Codebar Brighton from Matchbox HQ - Matchbox Mobile
Jo writes about hosting Codebar Brighton. I share her enthusiasm—it feels like a great honour to be able to host such a great community event.
Brighton digital companies just did something brilliant… | Declan Cassidy
A write-up of the BrightSparks programme that Clearleft is taking part in.
Each company agreed to help support one local child from a low-income family, on free school meals or with a yearly household income of under £25k.
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The Brighton Makerlab - where technology meets awesome! by Simon Riley — Kickstarter
Still a few days left to back this great project for Brighton:
Build, tinker, make and play! For anyone with imagination, The Brighton Makerlab lets ages 8 to 80 create cool stuff with technology.
Hacking the Future: Clare Sutcliffe at TEDxBrighton - YouTube
A great short talk from Clare about Code Club.
Coding with kids
James shares his experience of teaching a class of 9 and 10 year old children how to code, and offers some advice:
- Don’t dumb it down
- Use real-world examples
- Make it hands on
- Set clear expectations
- Award certificates and/or stickers
As members of the web community we have a responsibility to share what we have learned. I can’t think of a better way of doing that then helping kids get started.
Hear, hear!
A Personal Computer for Children of All Ages (PDF)
Alan Kay’s initial description of a “Dynabook” written at Xerox PARC in 1972.
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