Indoctrinating the Next Generation: Teaching Ruby to Kids

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Three-hour workshop uses Ruby and Shoes to build a visual drawing app that updates mouse coordinates in an animate loop, draws lines only while a button is down and then draws from previous mouse location so freehand drawing works; students pick up event loops and string interpolation faster than expected, one student surfaces a color picker and another demos sound loops; class size is 20 girls 2 TAs, the exercises run, students experiment and leave with concrete next steps.

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1. 0:00Start
2. 1:05Replace the Button with an Event Loop
3. 2:01String Interpolation
4. 6:58Background Color Picker
5. 20:28Gradual Release of Responsibility
6. 25:02Easiest Way To Get Involved with the Group

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