[nfbcs] Programming for Youth

[Taksan]

Hello Nimer, I got some ideas for you:

1.- Subscribe to this list, it is about programming and with lots of blind
programmers  that can give you ideas:
program-l     <program-l at freelists.org>

2.- Check this link:

https://www.parhamdoustdar.com/2016/04/03/tools-of-blind-programmer/

3.- There are some programming languages/frameworks to create games that I
know blind people use, creating games is a fun way to learn programming,
here are two examples:

https://quorumlanguage.com/
http://www.blastbay.com/bgt.php

My own humble opinion is... try find a balance between something fun and
productive.

have fun and good luck!



On Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 4:22 PM, Nimer Jaber via nfbcs <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
wrote:

> Hello,
>
> My name is Nimer, a technology instructor and geek. I am employed by a
> nonprofit blindness agency in Minnesota. I am putting together an advanced
> technology camp for youth. The purpose of this camp is to teach some vital
> skills which are needed at school or at work, and to empower youth to think
> about the tech field as a career path, and to give them confidence in their
> abilities in technology. The first few days will be dedicated to an
> exposure and some skills teaching of standard office apps, as well as
> office web apps. The rest of the time will be used to dabble into
> programming... we will have a raspberry and an arduino on hand, and I am
> looking for some relatively simple python tutorials... Unfortunately, much
> of what is out there relies on visual tools and a lot of dragging and
> dropping... I am interested in getting down and dirty with coding... I feel
> that that would be more accessible, and would provide more of a realistic
> sense of what programming is about. If you have thoughts of tutorials or
> lessons that tie in, please let me know. Any help is appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
> --
> Cordially,
>
> Nimer Jaber
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