My Experience Teaching Programming to Kids

I am or have been involved with many programs including:

• Individual and small-group programming lessons in my home
• Private schools
  • The Athenian School in Danville: Summary of classes
  • Applied Computing Foundation: Introducing Java, and mentoring a team developing a web app
  • St. Perpetua School in Lafayette: computer science two half-days a week, for the entire junior high, and for grades 2 and up students enrolled in my after-school classes
  • The Core Academy in Walnut Creek: programming lessons for a rotating group of kids one morning a week
• Public schools
  • Lafayette School District enrichment programs
  • After-school enrichment program at Moraga elementary schools
  • BASIC-language class at Campolindo High School, Moraga, CA
  • C++ class at Acalanes High School, Lafayette, CA
• Summer programs
  • Diablo Valley College’s College for Kids (blog post about the experience)
  • Oakland Feather River summer computer camp
• Hack the Future (blog post) (pictures)
• Lafayette Library and Learning Center
  • MakerFest
  • Small programming classes
  • Hack the Future 23
  • Hack a Halloween Pumpkin with Arduino, Grades 4–12
• Silicon Valley Code Camp
• TriValley CoderDojo
• Devoxx4Kids
• OSCON Kids Day