This document discusses Microsoft technologies and courseware that can be used to teach kids programming, including Small Basic, T-SQL, Kodu, and Lego Mindstorms. It provides information on the intent of the courseware, the technologies, activities like quizzes and recipes, and future directions for expanding the courseware and technologies to reach more students and teachers. The document promotes the TeachingKidsProgramming.org website as a free resource for teachers, volunteers, and students ages 10 and up to access recipes and learn programming.

1. Teaching Kids Programming Lynn Langit – Developer Evangelist – Microsoft http://blogs.msdn.com/SoCalDevGal

2. Who are we? Developers, VolunteersPeople like you

3. What Technologies Do Girls Like?

4. Courseware – Intentional Coding, Recipes

5. Small Basic Recipes are Lessons

6. Editor and Code Ribbon Editor Intellisense Instant Help

7. What shape will this code draw?

8. How about a Quiz?

9. Code is Joy!

12. Quizzes

13. Variation Grids

14. Videos of each recipe

15. Deeper - Add more advanced courseware – Kata-style

16. Add to ‘Other Languages’ Courseware, i.e. Database, C#, Web

18. Bug reporting to Vijaye

20. Querying for Hotness

21. Future for SQL – Flexibility in the Cloud SQL Azure hosted DB Web-based query front-end Zero install Massively scalable Being tested now DB Framework Joke Database TV Show Database Car Database

22. KODU Visual World Programming

23. Playing a game

24. Editing screen

25. Objects and Properties

26. Visual Programming – Actions to…

27. Design a World

28. Future for Kodu – More Courseware Kodu team now includes full-time courseware creator Rachel Schiff Events and/or school term courseware Big projects in school districts already, ex. New Zealand, Michigan

29. LEGO Mindstorms

30. Lego Awards!

35. Free Courseware (Recipes)

36. Ages 10 ++

37. Microsoft SmallBasic, T-SQL, Kodu and more!