Tomek Kaczanowski journey into explaining what you do at work to a group of 6 years old kids, how to explain programming to them in engaging and funny way. Interesting article built on ideas for a successful presentation:
- Keep children them engaged by asking questions and drawing (big drawing, drawing while talking).
- Build upon what they already know (YouTube, laptops, tablets, DVDs).
All children new about laptops of their parents, smartphones, tables and often consumed content over the internet. Author explained in simple ways (drawings) what computers are, how they work, that they use a funny language which consists only of zeros and ones. Methods which worked are also mentioned, e.g.:
- Drawing pictures is the right way to go - grabs their attention.
- Be prepared for repeating things over and over again.
- Write carefully - e.g. they will protest when you write 1 so it looks like 7.
- ~25 minutes is enough; their attention span is simply too short.
- There is no point in correcting them about technical details, important is to understand the concept.
Very interesting and educational.
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