Paul Sutton

programming

Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents

This was posted to LinkedIn. I am sharing here as it may be of interest to anyone looking at where the industry is moving and gives an idea of what to be learning. It is also important for parents to understand so they can support learning.

I would encourage everyone to learn to code, I would encourage parents to learn what this is about so they can support their children. After all events such as Code Club or the Tech Jam would require parental permission.

It is also important for parents to understand so they can talk to their children about what they are doing, help them find information and sort out the bad information from the good, understanding how to use online forums and importantly stay safe by not sharing personal or private information.

While learning at home is possible, being able to meet up with other developers helps solve problems, builds social skills and you can get help with bigger projects leading to developing team and leadership skills, all very important to employers.

Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents – Nisha Talagala – Medium

Programming and AI: A Guide for Parents

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Where to learn (or where to get started)

You can learn these skills from a wide range of providers both physical colleges / universities or via online learning,

The developer roadmap may also be of interest,

While schools can help so can events such as Tech Jams or code club. Adults such as youth workers need to understand this technology so they can encourage the learning and not discourage through not understanding and fear that comes with that.

#AI, #parents, #guide, #programming, #medium, #LinkedIn, #Python, #docker, #github, #linux

Code Club 1/2/2020 reminder

Code Club 01/02/2020

The next Code Club will be Tomorrow: Saturday 1st February at Paignton Library and information Centre.

Carrying on from what we were doing on 18/1/2020, If anyone is interested in the Hour Of Code activity, we can have a go at that too.

More Scratch 3.0 coding, which is great and a good starting point before moving on to other programming languages.

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Rocksndiamonds. which I hope we can eventually use to learn level layout.

We can also take a look at the Tech Pledge. See what people think about this as an idea to make the internet a nicer place. I will have copies printed out.

Also hope to get some feedback and input on my e-safety for coding website project that I am working on in repl.it .

References and further information

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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Code Club 01/02/2020

The next Code Club will be on Saturday 1st February at Paignton Library and information Centre.

Carrying on from what we were doing on 18/1/2020, If anyone is interested in the Hour Of Code activity, we can have a go at that too.

More Scratch 3.0 coding, which is great and a good starting point before moving on to other programming languages.

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Rocksndiamonds. which I hope we can eventually use to learn level layout.

References and further information

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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Code Club 18/1/2020 Write up

Today at Code Club we had 8 attendees, which is a really good So we had more scratch, and did some more work on the website project.

There was some interest in Micro:bits but not that much. This is something for future sessions. Or even a dedicated session at the library for this. Which may work better.

I also trying and get a Lego Mindstorms Robot built, but this takes time.

We also had Lucy, from the Tech Jam drop in and this resulted in a few e-mail between myself and Lucy go discuss learning platforms.

Next Code Club is on Saturday 1st February 2020.

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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Code Club 18/01/2020

The next Code Club will be on Saturday 18th January at Paignton Library and information Centre

Carrying on from what we were doing on 4/1/2020. If anyone is interested in the Hour Of Code activity, we can have a go at that too.

More Scratch 3.0 coding, which is great and a good starting point before moving on to other programming languages.

Rocksndiamonds. which I hope we can eventually use to learn level layout.

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References and further information

Next week 11th January 2020 is the South Devon Tech Jam

Next Code Club is on : Saturday 18th January 2020

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding, #games, #rocksndiamonds, #hourofcode

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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E-safety Website

As I have been attending seminars on e-safety, I decided to try and collate some of what I have been learning and combine this with some of my knowledge of programming websites such as:-

  • Scratch
  • Repl.it

My idea is to try and develop a resource which lists benefits, potential risks of using these websites. As these sites have a collaborative element to them.

This is still work in progress, but getting there slowly. I am using the programming website repl.it for this project.

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Hopefully, I can eventually share this with people. The benefits of being able to ask for help and have other programmers help you are clear.

I hope through this project that I can share my experience and help others stay safe, ask question in the right way and consider responses to those questions carefully.

I would also hope this demonstrates, some of the skills I am learning and helps me gain meaningful employment.

#internet, #safety, #programming, #coding, #collaborative, #esafety.

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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The first Code Club of 2020 went really well. Today we were up to six. So people are starting to come back after the Christmas Holiday.

Today, we undertook some more work on the website that we have been working on. We also undertook an hour of code activity, my aim is to try and get lots of people having a go at this, you get a certificate at the end.

More Scratch 3.0 coding, which is great and a good starting point before moving on to other programming languages.

Rocksndiamonds. which I hope we can eventually use to learn level layout.

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References and further information

Next week 11th January 2020 is the South Devon Tech Jam

Next Code Club is on : Saturday 18th January 2020

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding, #games, #rocksndiamonds, #hourofcode

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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Code Club 04/01/2020

The first Code Club of 2020 will be on Saturday 4th January at

This may be a little advanced for Code Club but as we are working on creating a website then this may be useful.

#coding, #codeclub, #programming, #scratch, #python, #html, #css, #javascript,#coding

You can find me on Friendica at [email protected]


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