How to get (more) kids to code

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Intro• Who am I• Tools• Events• Questions

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Who am I• Linda van der Pal

• Java Developer• Founder of Duchess• Java Champion• Organiser of Devoxx4KidsNL• @DuchessFounder

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Tools

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Tools• http://drtechniko.com/

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Tools• http://scratch.mit.edu/

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Tools• Demo!

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Alice• http://www.alice.org

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Alice• Demo!

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Greenfoot• http://www.greenfoot.org

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Greenfoot• Demo!

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BlueJ• http://bluej.org

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• http://mindstorms.lego.com

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Sagan• http://sagan.be/

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Arduino• http://www.arduino.cc/

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Raspberry Pi®• http://www.raspberrypi.org/

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Events for kids• GeeCON for kids• Devoxx4Kids• First Lego League• Maker Faire• Digivita (NL)• Coder dojo