As far as format goes than I think a very quick intro followed by
hands-on approach is probably best. People don't learn programming from
listening to others ;-)
-jack
On 2/9/2012 9:05 PM, raistlinxw wrote:
> Thoughts n topics? How about format? Other clubs are getting started
> with HTML, CSS, and javascript. Some are doing a more formal lecture/
> tutorial for the first hour, then leaving the rest of the time to free
> coding, Q&A, and general conversations.
>
> "We can�t stress, just like software, just ship the first version of
> your CoderDojo. By just getting out there and doing it, you can
> evaluate resources, interest, time commitment and so on afterwards."
>
> Glen
--
Jack M. Drobisz
Sr. Applications Developer
A&P Council Member
Information Technology
University of South Florida
Another thread mentioned free web hosting for basic pages. Do you
know of any such service?
Thanks, Glen
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Jack Drobisz <ja...@mail.usf.edu> wrote:
> It depends on the audience. If they never wrote a line of code in their
> life then HTML is probably a good start. Otherwise, I would go straight to
> jQuery Mobile (jquerymobile.com). I also think that ThemeRoller is a whole
> lot more fun that CSS.
>
> As far as format goes than I think a very quick intro followed by hands-on
> approach is probably best. People don't learn programming from listening to
> others ;-)
>
> -jack
>
>
> On 2/9/2012 9:05 PM, raistlinxw wrote:
>>
>> Thoughts n topics? How about format? Other clubs are getting started
>> with HTML, CSS, and javascript. Some are doing a more formal lecture/
>> tutorial for the first hour, then leaving the rest of the time to free
>> coding, Q&A, and general conversations.
>>
>> "We can’t stress, just like software, just ship the first version of
A kid-friendly introduction to formal logic would be fun.
On Fri, Feb 10, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Jack Drobisz <ja...@mail.usf.edu> wrote:
> It depends on the audience. If they never wrote a line of code in their
> life then HTML is probably a good start. Otherwise, I would go straight to
> jQuery Mobile (jquerymobile.com). I also think that ThemeRoller is a whole
> lot more fun that CSS.
>
> As far as format goes than I think a very quick intro followed by hands-on
> approach is probably best. People don't learn programming from listening to
> others ;-)
>
> -jack
>
>
> On 2/9/2012 9:05 PM, raistlinxw wrote:
>>
>> Thoughts n topics? How about format? Other clubs are getting started
>> with HTML, CSS, and javascript. Some are doing a more formal lecture/
>> tutorial for the first hour, then leaving the rest of the time to free
>> coding, Q&A, and general conversations.
>>
>> "We can’t stress, just like software, just ship the first version of