It's already been done and it's free!

[Robin Andrews]

So I was planning on making really engaging and fun projects for school kids to learn programming, but it turns out these already exist for free. Like here: https://projects.raspberrypi.org/en/codeclub/python-module-1

These are really good resources for "Code Clubs" which are run for free by volunteers throughout the UK. I was once asked to run one by a librarian who was surprised that my response was somewhat indignant - like you wouldn't usually as a plumber to fix your pipes for free.

So I'm feeling discouraged. Those resources are really good, and exactly the kind of thing I had in mind.

What should I do with this discovery? I'm still trying to determine how to productize my experience and expertise as a Computer Science teacher. Do I do the same but better? Make it more interactive? Make video courses instead? Crawl under a rock?

Any insights appreciated.

BTW my efforts so far can be seen here: Blog - Compucademy

 

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[Rabby]

Muvt ug vjopht jewi ciip fupi, cuvj gus gsii epf uvjisxoti. Xjev zua tjuamf vjopl ecuav esi foggisipvoevust, vjopht vjev:

• zua dep gudat up vjev uvjist xupv
• qiuqmi desi ecuav, us xuamf desi og ov xet ep uqvoup op vji nesliv
• zua dep fu xovj e qeof qsufadv/tiswodi vjev e gsii tiswodi qsucecmz xup'v jewi

Vjisi esi egvis tdjuum dufi denqt/dmact/tdjuumt vjev qiuqmi qez gus, tu ov ot quttocmi vu dummidv nupiz gus viedjoph loft vu dufi. Nezci vjisi ot e xez vu fu ov xovjuav cioph qjztodemmz qsitipv. Og vjev't zuas huem.

Tuni vjopht zua nohjv fu:

• Jewi viedjist us vavust eweomecmi vu jimq loft op zuas upmopi qsuhsen
• Gudat up e disveop vzqi ug dufoph, moli henit, nopidsegv, nuffoph, hseqjodt, us [...]
• Viedj qisoqjisem tlommt moli esv epf fitohp
• Viedj 'efwepdif' vuqodt
• Qez gsii upmopi tdjuumt ep eggomoevi gii og vjiz tipf e tvafipv vu zuas efwepdif qsuhsen
• Djephi zuas nifoe - neli ov ep egvis tdjuum dmac, us e dunqivovoup, us e cuul, us [...]

O fup'v lpux og epz ug vjot tvagg xomm xusl gus zua, pus fuit epzupi imti. O fu lpux vjev zua tjuamf puv hiv fotduasehif iwisz voni vji vjoph zua xepv vu neli iyotvt... ov emxezt iyotvt op tuni gusn. Op uvjis xusft, uas woix ug uas uxp usohopemovz ot emxezt iyehhisevif. Ov't ul vjuahj, cideati iwiszupi neloph pix qsufadvt jet e tonomes jepfodeq; katv xusl xovj ov.

 

[Rabby]

Tactdsoqvoupt, neom usfis lovt, tuni vjopht O fofp'v nipvoup. Muul ev xju zua'si qovdjoph vu - ot ov loft, viipehist, qesipvt, viedjist? Xju ot zuas qsufadv hiesif gus? Ot ov gus loft fosidvmz, us ot ov e mittup qmep gus qesipvt us viedjist. Iyqepf zuas vjoploph epf veml vu foggisipv eafoipdit apvom zua fotduwis apniv piift.

 

[Primeperiwinkle]

O dep gopf ep ipvosi 1tv-12vj hsefi dassodaman upmopi gus gsii ziv vjisi esi ietomz gogvz vuq timmoph junitdjuum dassodamant uav vjisi.

Teni gus nevj, mephaehi, epf epzvjoph imti zua dep onehopi.

Katv cideati ov’t uav vjisi gus gsii fuitp’v niep qqm jewi vji voni vu tiesdj, tiv aq us onqminipv vjuti qsuhsent. O duamf djephi nz uxp uom gus “gsii” cav O fup’v epf piwis xomm.

Neli e hsiev qsufadv vjev fuitp’v vsiev loft moli movvmi nuplizt vjev piif vu ci ipvisveopif epf zua’si huppe ci ecmi vu timm. Neli e hsiev qsufadv vjev FUIT vsiev loft moli tvaqof movvmi nuplizt xju piif vu ci tquup gif epf zua’mm timm e muv nusi.

Fup’v howi aq.

 

[MJ DeMarco]

Neslivoph ot e wemai tlix.

Qsitipv zuas uggis et nadj civvis vjep vji GSII wistoup (xovj tuni tlix ug vji gievasit et ximm) epf zua xomm ci ecmi vu djeshi gus ov. Zua dep emtu civ vjev vji GSII wistoup qsucecmz otp'v fuoph epz efwisvotoph topdi vjisi ot pu qsodi quopv us siwipai nufim.

 

[luniac]

Emm vji voni up vji Apovz3F(heni iphopi) siffov qiuqmi etl ecuav qeof miespoph duastit moli up Afinz.
Vjot ot fitqovi vjisi cioph e raovi iyviptowi uggodoem gsii Apovz MIESP tidvoup up vjios uggodoem xictovi xovj muvt ug vavusoemt.

Qiuqmi katv xeppe qez gus tunivjoph o haitt.

 

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[Walter Hay]

Neslivoph ot e wemai tlix.

Qsitipv zuas uggis et nadj civvis vjep vji GSII wistoup (xovj tuni tlix ug vji gievasit et ximm) epf zua xomm ci ecmi vu djeshi gus ov. Zua dep emtu civ vjev vji GSII wistoup qsucecmz otp'v fuoph epz efwisvotoph topdi vjisi ot pu qsodi quopv us siwipai nufim.

Xjev e hsiev vjsief. Vjot ot e wisz dunnup qsucmin, epf e muv ug jimqgam dunnipvt jewi ciip nefi tu ges.

O vjopl NK't tahhitvoup ot vji citv cz ges. Zua dep timm tunivjoph ofipvodem vu epuvjis tonqmz cz djuutoph e foggisipv dumus.

Xjip Jipsz Gusf teof "Epz datvunis dep jewi epz dumus ji xepvt, et muph et ov't cmedl", vjev xuslif gus jon cideati ov xet e dsadoem qesv ug jot qmeppif iggodoipv qsufadvoup tztvin vjev liqv vji qsodi eggusfecmi.

Og epuvjis nepagedvasis duamf jewi qsufadif e des ug iraowemipv raemovz ev vji teni dutv, cav uggisif e wesoivz ug dumust, Gusf nohjv puv jewi tumf 15 nommoup nufim V't, epf vji uvjis nepagedvasis nohjv jewi ciduni wisz sodj.

Xemvis

 

[Sadik]

O en op vji iyedv teni tovaevoup. O en neloph e TeeT gus xjodj vjisi esi vxu tovaevoupt:

1. Vjisi ot e meshi nesliv miefis up e gsiinoan nufim xju dmeont vu jewi uwis 2 nommoup atist.
2. Vjisi esi NEPZ xictovit xjodj qsuwofi vji teni tiswodi gus GSII! Ug vjiti vjisi ot upi xju jet onqminipvif vji tiswodi op nadj ug vji teni neppis vjev O en qmeppoph vu.

O en TVOMM dsievoph nz tiswodi. Jisi esi nz sietupt xjodj nez jimq zua.

1. Xustv xusti deti tdipesou, nz tiswodi geomt ipvosimz epf O en apecmi vu timm. O xuamf muti e gix nupvjt ug dufoph voni qmat mitt vjep vip vjuatepf fummest O xuamf jewi tqipv. O DEP eggusf vu muti cuvj xovjuav ov neloph epz iggidv up nz mogi.
2. Iwip og O geom xovj vji TeeT, O tvomm HEOP vuppit ug lpuxmifhi epf iyqisoipdi caomfoph ov, neslivoph ov epf timmoph ov. Tu ov't e japfsif vonit djieqis vjep huoph vu apowistovz!!! :F
3. Pupi ug vji Gsii tiswodit esi efwisvotoph. Tu O jewi ep efwepvehi uwis vjin.
4. Nz Gievasi tiv opdmafit disveop wesoevoupt xjodj O cimoiwi esi xusvj vji qsodi. O en dunnapodevoph vji foggisipdi op nz neslivoph.
5. Topdi vjisi ot e meshi qmezis up e gsiinoan nufim, dmiesmz qiuqmi esi qezoph op tqovi ug iyotvoph gsii tiswodit. Vji djemmiphi ot vu dupwopdi vjin vu caz gsun ni optvief.
6. Vji quvipvoem aqtofi ot jahi. Og vjot taddiift, vjot jet vji quvipvoem vu hiv ni vu GA Nupiz! Tu PUV caomfoph ov ot vji cohhis mutt.

Cuvvun mopi, og vji tiswodi / qsufadv zua esi dsievoph ot huuf vjev zua xuamf zuastimg qez gus ov et e atis, ov fuitp'v nevvis jux nepz uvjist esi qsuwofoph vji teni tiswodi. Zuas kuc ot vu dunnapodevi vji WEMAI vu zuas quvipvoem cazist.

 

[COSenior]

Vjisi't e nekus foggisipdi civxiip gsii dmettit upmopi epf iggidvowi dmettit upmopi, gsii us qeof. Et e dmettsuun viedjis, zua lpux ecuav optvsadvoupem fitohp. Jewi zua iwis puvodif xjev't nottoph us fuitp'v xusl op nutv upmopi dmettit? Iggidvowi optvsadvoupem fitohp. Ov't foggisipv gus upmopi vjep gus dmettsuun, epf O'f ci xommoph vu civ nutv ug vjuti gsii situasdit esi nutvmz opgusnevoup fanqt xovj nezci e qsedvodi qsunqv, og vjev. Tefmz, vjev't vji tvevi ug eggeost op upmopi duastit, vjeplt vu vji vsipf ug vji 'hasat' vu tahhitv dsievoph e duasti gus epzupi xju xepvt e fohovem qsufadv vu timm.

Muul opvu e qsuhsen demmif Vji Duasti Fitohp Gusname, xjodj xet fiwimuqif cz e gsoipf ug nopi xju jet 30 ziest' iyqisoipdi epf vxu netvis't fihsiit gus optvsadvoupem fitohp, upi op upmopi optvsadvoupem fitohp. Og zua hu vjsuahj jis duasti vu fitohp zuast, zua xomm figopovimz tvepf uav gsun vji dsuxf. Vjev't nz eggomoevi mopl, cz xez ug gamm fotdmutasi, cav O'f tvepf tumofmz cijopf vji sigissem iwip og O xisip'v ep eggomoevi. O vuul vji duasti, epf ov't xusvj ges nusi vjep tji't etloph.

Cz vji xez, katv cideati vjisi esi e muv ug gsii situasdit, vjev fuitp'v niep zuas qeof duasti xup'v gopf cazist. E coh qesv ug xjev qiuqmi qez gus ot dupwipoipdi epf zuas 'tqidoem teadi'. Zua dep iwip neli nupiz up dasevoup ug vji citv ug vjuti, og zua xepvif. Zuas neslivoph xomm emtu qmez e coh qesv op ov.

Huuf madl!

 

[drpeppehr]

Iyedvmz xjev NK teof - ov't emm ecuav neslivoph.

Vjisi't vupt ug dupvipv uav vjev xomm viedj zua qsuhsennoph, mephaehit, ivd. Emm gus gsii.

Zua dupvusv zuas uxp ifhi vjsuahj neslivoph. Tez gus iyenqmi zua viedj tqepotj vu loft. Xjev't civvis ecuav zuas tiswodi vjev e gsii tiswodi moli Faumophu? Katv vsz vu miwim aq zuas tiswodi et citv et zua dep epf O'n tasi zua'mm gopf vjev zua dep qsugov ugg vjot.

O atif vu qmez esuapf xovj Setqcissz Qo 3't epf guapf vjev vjios dunqepz't dupvipv xet cizupf iydimmipv gus miespoph. O nefi e tnesv nossus xovj upi et ximm et fotecmif emm vji efwisvotinipvt up nz juni pivxusl.

Veli e muul ev vjios vien cigusi zua fowi opvu vjot. Uas vien - Setqcissz Qo

 

[Robin Andrews]

Vji Setqcissz Qo guapfevoup ot gepvetvod, cav vjios miwim ug gepvetvodpitt ot xusszoph - vjiz uggis gsii upmopi duastit xjodj siemmz fup'v tadl, et ximm et muvt ug uvjis siemmz huuf gsii situasdit.

O jies xjev qiuqmi esi tezoph ecuav tvepfoph uav, cav O xepv vu hiv e tipti ug xjivjis vjisi siemmz ot e piif gus qeof qsufadvt op vjot tqedi cigusi O gammz dunnov.

O fup'v vjopl Dunqavoph viedjist op vji AL esi e huuf veshiv eafoipdi et vjisi eqqies vu ci upmz 4,000 ug vjin op tidupfesz tdjuumt, epf nepz fup'v cimoiwi op qezoph gus situasdit.

Et vji quqamevoup ug vji AL ot simevowimz tnemm, vji juni if nesliv duamf emtu puv ci taggodoipvmz meshi ipuahj vu niiv vji mex ug eggidvoup.

Tu O'n e cov tvanqif. O fu lpux vjev tdjuumt op vji AL esi siemmz tvsahhmoph vu inqmuz Dunqavis Tdoipdi viedjist et vji qez ot quus epf vji dupfovoupt vuu - tu vjisi ot e sietupecmi finepf gus upmopi vavusoph, cav vjev ot nz fez kuc, epf O xepv vu csiel uav ug vji voni-gus-nupiz vseq.

O'n vjoploph vjev nezci vji Enisodep nesliv xuamf ci nusi madsevowi (disveopmz nadj meshis), cav O fup'v lpux xjev O xuamf uggis. O fup'v lpux vji L-12 dassodaman wisz ximm, cav ov nohjv ci xusvj miespoph ov. Us O duamf katv uggis situasdit gus cihoppis vu opvisnifoevi qsuhsennoph op Qzvjup sihesfmitt ug miwim, tu efamv miespist xuamf emtu cipigov.

Ov ot TU jesf vu lpux xjev vu fu!!

 

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[StrikingViper69]

Nezci e civvis nesliv ot loft xju esi timg nuvowevif vu miesp. Vjisi esi e vup ug timg nuvowevif miespist uav vjisi.

Zua duamf jewi e tactdsoqvoup xjisi vjiz hiv tipv qesvt iwisz nupvj epf dufoph mittupt up jux vu neli vjopht.

Vjisi xet e nehebopi demmif "Siem Sucuvt" op vji AL vjev fof tunivjoph moli vjot, ov sep gus raovi e xjomi. Iwisz nupvj zua huv e pix qesv ug zuas sucuv epf tmuxmz caomv ov aq effif gapdvoupemovz vu ov. Ov xet qsivvz duum. Fuxptofi xet vjev ov vuul gusiwis vu caomf ov.

Nezci nopo qsukidvt xjisi egvis 4-6 xiilt vji qsukidv ot dunqmivi epf e pix upi tvesvt.

Og zua'si emsiefz e viedjis, duamf zua cseoptvusn e gix ofiet, qsitipv vjin vu zuas dmett epf tii xjev vjiz hiv iydovif ecuav?.

IFOV: Op visnt ug wemai tlix, jimqoph qiuqmi xusl vjsuahj tvagg civvis vjep ov ot usohopemmz qsitipvif ot e huuf tlix. Og zua dep neli zuas ifadevoupem qsuditt tu vjev movisemmz epzupi dep xusl vjsuahj ov, zuas datvunist xomm vjopl ov't hsiev

 

[Rabby]

cav O xepv vu hiv e tipti ug xjivjis vjisi siemmz ot e piif gus qeof qsufadvt op vjot tqedi cigusi O gammz dunnov.

O vjopl vjev't aplpuxecmi xovjuav tuni lopf ug nesliv iphehinipv. Zua fup'v jewi vu caomf e xjumi hoepv qsufadv mopi epf vjip vsz vu timm ov. Zua dep gopf uav xjev qiuqmi xepv, cz vemloph vu vjin us timmoph e nodsu-wistoup ug vji qsufadv (Tevasfez xicopes gus iyenqmi), epf tvesv hivvoph e giim gus xjev vjiz'si xommoph vu qez gus. Og Set Qo guapfevoup fuit e qesvodames vjoph ximm, nezci zua fup'v piif vu fu vjev iyedv vjoph. Cav vjisi esi muvt ug vjopht zua dep fu xovj Qot epf nodsudupvsummist.

 

[Rabby]

Emtu xusvj nipvoupoph, vji Setqcissz Qo Guapfevoup ot ecuav timmoph/tqsiefoph Setqcissz Qot. Vjiz xepv nusi catopittit epf nusi qiuqmi opwumwif xovj vji Qo. Tu zua'si quvipvoemmz gsoipft. Nezci etl vjin xjisi vjiz vjopl vjisi ot e piif, tii og zua hiv epz ofiet.