Silicon Valley Code Camp : October 5th and 6th 2013

Dave Briccetti

Dave Briccetti Software LLC
About Dave
Software developer with experience in Scala, Python, Java, Linux, networking, and user interfaces; and in many industries including videoconferencing, remote device control, finance, education, publishing, mechanical engineering, semiconductor manufacturing, defense, and telecommunications. Programming teacher with many years of experience teaching from third grade to adult professional.
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Speaking Sessions

  • Tynker Kids 1

    9:15 AM Sunday   Room: PSEC4604
    Tynker (tynker.com) is inspired by Scratch, and has many more advanced features, such as physics, which make it much easier to animate motion, shoot projectiles and the like. This class is offered in two class periods. Take either or both. They are the same. Work at your own pace. Grades 3 and up.

  • Tynker Kids 2

    10:45 AM Sunday   Room: PSEC4604
    Tynker (tynker.com) is inspired by Scratch, and has many more advanced features, such as physics, which make it much easier to animate motion, shoot projectiles and the like. This class is offered in two class periods. Take either or both. They are the same. Work at your own pace. Grades 3 and up.

  • Kojo Programming for Kids

    1:15 PM Sunday   Room: PSEC4602
    Kojo (www.kogics.net/kojo) enables play, exploration, and learning in the areas of computer programming, math and science, systematic and computational thinking, art, music, and creative thinking. Kojo uses the Scala programming language, which runs on Java. Grades 7 and up.

  • Python Programming for Kids

    2:45 PM Sunday   Room: PSEC4604
    Python (www.python.org) is used for creating games, websites, and much more. Python is a real programming language used by professionals (Google, for example, has lots of Python programmers). One class project will be a simple text adventure game. This introductory class will not do much with graphics. Grades 7 and up.