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Given the above, I will give a short introduction to Waterbear and demonstrate how to drag blocks together to create a simple animation. I will then present some lightweight challenge problems that participants can choose to solve, or if they have ideas about something they would like to code, they can branch out on their own. I will be available to provide tips and help out if anyone is stuck. | Given the above, I will give a short introduction to Waterbear and demonstrate how to drag blocks together to create a simple animation. I will then present some lightweight challenge problems that participants can choose to solve, or if they have ideas about something they would like to code, they can branch out on their own. I will be available to provide tips and help out if anyone is stuck. | ||
My kids, ages 12 and 16, can also demo some of the projects they've made with Waterbear and help guide anyone who gets stuck. | |||
===How will you deal with 5, 15, 50 participants?=== | ===How will you deal with 5, 15, 50 participants?=== | ||
With 5 participants I can offer more support and help and I expect we will get further into the challenges. For 15 participants I will try to have some people who are more experienced with programming (which needn't be very experienced) to help other participants as needed. For a group of 50, we can work out the challenges as a group, interactively, with some participants coming up to drag the blocks, and others giving advice to collectively build the solution. | With 5 participants I can offer more support and help and I expect we will get further into the challenges. For 15 participants I will try to have some people who are more experienced with programming (which needn't be very experienced) to help other participants as needed. My kids can help out here. For a group of 50, we can work out the challenges as a group, interactively, with some participants coming up to drag the blocks, and others giving advice to collectively build the solution. | ||
===How long within your session before someone else can teach this?=== | ===How long within your session before someone else can teach this?=== | ||