We're once again excited to offer our free tutorials for kids! Called "The Young Coder: Let's Learn Python", we invite kids 12 and over to join us for a day of learning how to program using Python.
We first offered the Young Coders tutorial at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara and it was an immediate hit. The followup blog post from that event is the most popular post in our blog's history. Kids came from all over to attend it. One flew from South Africa and helped teach other kids. I gave my laptop to a girl who took the tutorial and wanted to attend Richard Jones' PyGame tutorial the next day. Overall, it was so awesome to see kids so excited about learning, about computers, and about Python.
Last year, our second year offering the tutorial and our first year in Montréal, the tutorial was offered both in French and English. We're going to be offering the same this year: a French version of the tutorial will take place on Saturday April 11, and an English version takes place the next day, on Sunday April 12.
Whether you're bringing your kids along for the trip to Montréal or you're local and want to expose your kids to programming, this is a great way to get them interested. The curriculum has now been taught and refined at several events over the last several years, and the kids love it. After learning the basics of Python, through the basic data types and loops and comparisons, the end result is creating a game using the PyGame library. Having been around the room when the tutorial ends, it's one of the best times of PyCon, to see a room full of bright eyed kids who just learned how to tell a computer what to do.
Would your kids be interested in this? Are you a kid who is interested in this? Sign up today! (If you're actually a kid, have a parent sign you up)
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pycon-2015-young-coders-tickets-15264181578
The tutorials start at 9 AM, break for lunch around 1 PM, and wrap up around 4 PM. Registration is limited to please sign up if you're interested.
See the full details of the program at https://us.pycon.org/2015/events/letslearnpython/
We first offered the Young Coders tutorial at PyCon 2013 in Santa Clara and it was an immediate hit. The followup blog post from that event is the most popular post in our blog's history. Kids came from all over to attend it. One flew from South Africa and helped teach other kids. I gave my laptop to a girl who took the tutorial and wanted to attend Richard Jones' PyGame tutorial the next day. Overall, it was so awesome to see kids so excited about learning, about computers, and about Python.
Last year, our second year offering the tutorial and our first year in Montréal, the tutorial was offered both in French and English. We're going to be offering the same this year: a French version of the tutorial will take place on Saturday April 11, and an English version takes place the next day, on Sunday April 12.
Whether you're bringing your kids along for the trip to Montréal or you're local and want to expose your kids to programming, this is a great way to get them interested. The curriculum has now been taught and refined at several events over the last several years, and the kids love it. After learning the basics of Python, through the basic data types and loops and comparisons, the end result is creating a game using the PyGame library. Having been around the room when the tutorial ends, it's one of the best times of PyCon, to see a room full of bright eyed kids who just learned how to tell a computer what to do.
Would your kids be interested in this? Are you a kid who is interested in this? Sign up today! (If you're actually a kid, have a parent sign you up)
http://www.eventbrite.com/e/pycon-2015-young-coders-tickets-15264181578
The tutorials start at 9 AM, break for lunch around 1 PM, and wrap up around 4 PM. Registration is limited to please sign up if you're interested.
See the full details of the program at https://us.pycon.org/2015/events/letslearnpython/
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