Coolest Projects Deck - CoderDojo Kata

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Clearing things up. If I do the wrong thing, I'll break the computer. Maybe… but unless you hit it with a bat, a techi
Mentoring without technical skills

What is a CoderDojo Mentor?

An individual who guides CoderDojo attendees and facilitates their learning

Non-tech skills Presentation—how to explain and present their projects to others Planning—working through the problem their project will solve Testing—trying out the Ninjas’ projects and giving feedback Collaboration—helping Ninjas work together in groups Other skills—electronics / making / writing / etc.

Unplugged activities

Dojo icebreakers

Computational thinking

http://dojo.soy/icebreakers

http://dojo.soy/comp-thinking

You can Mentor tech skills too!

Clearing things up You need to be a genius to program. Not at all! Everyone can learn to code!

Clearing things up You need to be really good at maths. You need to know how to add, subtract and multiply.

Clearing things up Computers are clever! Computers are kinda dumb. They just think really fast.

Clearing things up If I do the wrong thing, I’ll break the computer.

Maybe… but unless you hit it with a bat, a techie Mentor can probably fix it!

Clearing things up I can’t make a mistake in front of the Ninjas!

Seeing Mentors make mistakes helps us accept and learn from our mistakes!

Clearing things up You need to go to college to learn to code.

Many great professional programmers are self-taught.

Clearing things up I’m not sure I can help!

Ask the Dojo Champion, come along and give it a shot!

How to do it Scratch Basics

Use step-by-step resources Help when there are issues by checking the Ninja’s work against the resource

GETTING STARTED Card 1 of 7 I’m Learning: Scratch 1

These Sushi Cards are going to help you learn to create computer programs in Scratch. To do this, you’re going to need to have Scratch! You can either download it and install it on your computer by going to dojo.soy/ downloadscratch or use it in your web browser by going to dojo.soy/usescratch. Do one of these two and once you’re set up, move on to the next step.

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Once you sign-in to the online Scratch, or load it on your computer, you’ll see a screen like the one below. This screen has a few parts you’ll need to remember. They are labeled in the picture below. Stage

Start Program

Stop Program

Try them out yourself! Sprite List

Code Blocks PalleGe

Current Sprite Pannel

Where to find resources

Beginner / non-technical

Everything

http://dojo.soy/101

http://dojo.soy/resources

Scratch 101

How to get involved

I’m in a Dojo already

I need to find a Dojo

Talk to the Dojo Champion!

http://dojo.soy/volunteer