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DVC College for Kids

Dave Briccetti's programming classes in the College for Kids program at Diablo Valley College in Pleasant Hill, California

Page 2010 (and ’09) Classes
Details of Dave Briccetti’s classes
Folder First Day Information
 
Link Class Files
Programs from class, and other files for students
Link Links for Students
Items suggested for students in Dave Briccetti’s College for Kids classes at Diablo Valley College.
Link Young Programmers Podcast
A video podcast series of lessons for young programmers.
File Running and modifying Pygame examples
This PDF details how to run and modify Pygame examples such as aliens.py on DVC lab computers.
Page Last Day Information
Where to go from here, Young Programmers Podcast, Private and Group lessons, Teaching Assistants
Link Twitter’s Doug Williams Visits My Programming Class
A blog post from Dave Briccetti’s blog
Link College for Kids Web Site
General information and details about College for Kids
Page Emergency Information
 
Page Teaching Assistants
Desired attributes and responsibilites.
Page About the Typing Requirement
Why I require that students be able to type, for some classes
Folder Events
 
Folder Special Guests
Special guests of past years, including the creators of The Sims and Spore
File Thank You to Dick Wall for Visiting the Python Class
 
Folder Class Details and Notes from Past Years
Descriptions of classes, and plans and reflections from past years
Link Importing SketchUp models into Alice
These instructions, from Mr. Briccetti's blog, detail how to import models from Google SketchUp into Alice.
Page More Challenging Python Problems
Some more challenging programming problems for the Python class