11: Teaching ADLIBS

TKP Tips: Teaching the SmallBasic ADLIBS recipe The parts of the ADLIBS recipe are as follows: 1) Recipe – guided line-by-line translation, to teach core concepts. For ADLIBS, you are building on what the kids learned in all of the previous [...]

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12: Teaching HOLIDAY CARD

TKP Tips: Teaching the SmallBasic HOLIDAY CARD recipe The parts of the HOLIDAY CARD recipe are as follows: 1) Recipe – guided line-by-line translation, to teach core concepts. For the core recipe here – CWV381,  you are building on [...]

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100: For Teachers

Teaching Tips by Section of Recipe Each recipe consists of the following parts and key components: *) Classroom Setup – Setting up to teach TKP is easy.  We have LOTS of tips and shortcuts on how to set up your classroom on this page.  There [...]

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101: Classroom Setup – Software

How to Setup a TKP Classroom It’s easy to teach a TKP class, to do so you just need a few things: 1) Kids – we teach kids ages 10 and up.  We teach 6-30 kids at a time.  Kids do their work as pairs.  One kid types on the keyboard [...]

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102: Small Basic Setup

This section will step you through setting up Small Basic at home and list the recipes you’ll use to learn how to program. Be sure to get the SmallBasic extensions from CodePlex before you start! Download and Install SmallBasic Download [...]

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103: Small Basic Recipes

These are the recipes we have been developing to teach & introduce programming. We hope you’ll try them out, and let us know how they’ve worked for you. We are constantly developing, so expect more to show up from week to week. [...]

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104: Small Basic Frequently Asked Questions

Q0. How do I install SmallBasic? – A0. Click the ‘Kids’ link on the main ‘Teaching Kids Programming’ site menu and follow the directions on that page. Question Answer 1. I installed Small Basic, but it won’t [...]

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105: Who is Teaching TKP?

If you are interested in teaching, here are some ways we recommend to get started: Teach your own children using our SmallBasic recipes.  It’s a great place to start Volunteer to teach at an event or an after-school program at your local [...]

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106: Teachers talk about TKP

The TEACHERS resource section of the TKP site is organized as follows: General Topics for teachers on this site include the following: what we teach (i.e. which languages, software, IDEs, etc..), where we teach (i.e. links to events), who [...]

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