STEMing Kids: One workshop at a time
summary
Hands-on nonprofit runs kid workshops that turn 5–15 year olds into builders using Scratch to Minecraft modding plus Alice, Greenfoot, BlueJ, Arduino and LEGO Mindstorms; kids produce playable games, sensor-driven robots that complete FLL missions, and working Arduino circuits. Materials live on github.com/devworksforkids/materials and chapters need only one workshop a year to qualify. Outcomes: about 60 workshops in two years reaching 1,500+ parents and large events (450 kids at JavaOne, 130 at OSCON, Minecon demos for thousands), so the curriculum and tools demonstrably work.
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chapters (15)
- 0:00Intro
- 2:50What is Scratch
- 3:58What does Scratch teach you
- 4:47Scratch demo
- 9:13Alice
- 11:09Greenfoot
- 13:57Blue Tree
- 15:07Lego League
- 20:38Arduino IDE
- 21:26Minecraft
- 23:29Minecraft Mod
- 25:23Workshops
- 26:26Corporate Events
- 27:23You can do it
- 29:39What can you do now
