B-3: Introductory programming education from Ruby - Lessons learned from writing "Yu and the Magical Programming Notebook," an introductory programming book for upper elementary school students.
Date and time
November 11th (Fri) 15:15 - 15:45 (JST)
Speaker
YUKI TORII
Everyleaf Corporation
a Web developer and programing books’ translator and mother of two. Next spring, "Yu and the Magical Programming Notebook," an introductory programming book for upper elementary school students, is scheduled to be published by O'Reilly Japan.
Summary
Introductory programming education from Ruby - Lessons learned from writing "Yu and the Magical Programming Notebook," an introductory programming book for upper elementary school students.
I will talk about two findings from the writing of “Yu and the Magical Programming Notebook”.
- How the programming knowledge I learned from Ruby supported the content of the book.
- Tips to convey the concept of programming to people with no programming experience.
