diff --git a/book/BarCamp2024.md b/book/BarCamp2024.md index 11f7b6e..e75e964 100644 --- a/book/BarCamp2024.md +++ b/book/BarCamp2024.md @@ -28,6 +28,8 @@ Preface: Computing Education Sux * 3 months of network theory * (Neither of those are relevant to the young persons) * The Computing GCSE is not relevant to most young people + * [Number of girls in England taking computing GCSE plummets, study finds](https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/jun/27/number-of-girls-in-england-taking-computing-gcse-plummets-study-finds) + * > Introduction of new syllabus may be reason number of girls taking subject more than halved in eight years, academics say * Q: So what is important for young people? * The grand answer: Self actualization and altering the world though self action and building something * The simple answer: Choose to build shit @@ -53,6 +55,7 @@ The only way to get the exposure (time) and challenge (appropriate difficulty) i * [Children should be allowed to get bored, expert says](https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-21895704) BBC March 2023 * To develop autonomy and creativity * We have robbed our young people of this opportunity +* [Teenagers who watch screens in free time 'do worse in GCSEs'](https://www.theguardian.com/education/2015/sep/04/teenagers-who-watch-screens-in-free-time-do-worse-in-gcses) ### Learner Autonomy @@ -89,6 +92,7 @@ Who can sit for hours and hours in a seat doing stuff they are told to do? ### Stop using ... +* Realtime manipuation of state - you can see and feel your code manifest into reality ... but * 'Games' to teach programming * The entirety of all of computing ... and the only think you can think of that has worth is trivially using it for entertainment. Thats lame. * Focusing on games alienate some demographics and trivializes the discipline. diff --git a/teachprogramming/static/projects/code/aweful.md b/teachprogramming/static/projects/code/aweful.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..8d25733 --- /dev/null +++ b/teachprogramming/static/projects/code/aweful.md @@ -0,0 +1,35 @@ +From https://x.com/Papers_app/status/1853037407358095724 +I'm just in awe of how bad this code is! Can you disect it! +```html + +``` \ No newline at end of file