PRO-JAMMING

FUN WITH COMPUTER PROGRAMMING (AUG 15th-19th)

Your kid's world is digital. They have iPods, use the computer for presentations/homework, browse/chat/interact with friends. That is a lot of fluency interacting with digital stuff. To take their digital fluency to the next level and work with designing, creating, and remixing I have designed a 1 week “Pro-Jamming” course. They are going to play in an experiential and creative way interacting with each other while programming.

I plan to use Processing, Scratch, GreenFoot, and Kodu to bring the fun into programming. I hope to get them excited about learning to program, sharing those experiences, and self-expression/creativity while playing.

Illustration 1: 21st century learning

They will be learning about Math, Geometry, Logic, Reasoning and more without even knowing. I hope to enhance both their left brain (analytical) and right brain ( artistic) and making them curious for more. In addition to the traditional R's, they will be learning 21^st century skills such as Information and Media Literacy, Thinking and Problem Solving.

About Suresh: Suresh Srinivas is a Principal Engineer at Intel and loves to hang out with kids and to bring the fun while teaching yoga, computer programming, or service. He is passionate about every kid learning programming.