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I am going to be spending my morning tomorrow at my daughter’s elementary school, participating in their Career Day. I think I am going to have groups of 3rd - 5th graders wandering by, and I get to talk to them about being a computer programmer.
Not really sure (still!) what I’m going to talk about. I can show some code, but that’s not really going to mean anything to them. I’m thinking of some interactive questions (what is the biggest number a computer can count? Which is smarter, a baby or a computer?) and an activity where one student is the computer and another student is the programmer. They get to give the computer directions to accomplish some task. I think I’m going to be in the gymnasium, so I’ll probably get them to move to a certain location and do something like jump.
I also want to emphasize the craft nature of programming. Compare it to something like writing stories, or songs, or making paintings or sculptures.
I don’t know how it’s going to go, but it’s a morning with my daughter and her school mates, so how bad can it truly be?
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