A computer literate in the 21st century is not just someone who knows how to use a computer. A computer literate is someone who knows how to program! More importantly, programming is less about writing code and more about applying logic and reasoning. It's about correctly defining a problem and figuring a way to solve it.
We can't cover the above topics with a one-day workshop for kids (for that matter, even adults struggle). But what we will do is to give kids a sense of what is programming and get them excited about it. This workshop is to give them a glimpse of what programs do and why they're useful.
The workshop is structured on a series of simple exercises, each introducing a specific concept.
SKILLS IMPARTED
Learn what computers can do. Learn why we need computers. Learn to look at basic math from the perspective of programming. Learn some Python programming syntax. Get exposed to some practical computer programs.
DURATION 7 hours PREPARATION Python version 3 will be used for this workshop. Participants are required to bring their own laptops installed with Python 3. For editing and saving code, we recommend you to install Visual Studio Code. CONTENT Learn programming concepts Do math by programming Write programs to create art Process data and draw graphs Create and play interactive games Plus, worksheets to keep learning at home
