Do you remember when you wrote your first line of code? Lucy and Chris remember. It was January 2016 for Lucy. By now, she is familiar with all basic coding concepts. Lucy is 6 years old. For Chris, it was about 10 years ago, but he wished he had learnt earlier. Chris is 28. In January, Lucy’s teacher introduced Code for Life into the classroom. Ocado Technology's Code for Life is a free, open source project whose first web game, Rapid Router, teaches programming to primary school children. It offers fun activities for pupils and materials to support teachers. When Chris was Lucy's age, nobody told him about programming and now he wishes he had access to tools such as Code For Life. That's why he has been working with a team of like-minded volunteers for two years on the project, helping improve the first web app and think about new ones such as an artificial intelligence game for teenagers, to inspire children like Lucy. Care to help or to know more? You will hear about the Code For Life development pipelines, the new ideas, the volunteering coordination and how the team wants to make sure children and teachers will have the best programming experience.

1. Celine Boudier
Ocado Technology

2. About me
- First programs on calculators
- ENSTA ParisTech
- Statistical text mining (Exalead)
- Robots (Aldebaran)! Apps for kids with ASD
- Code For Life (Ocado Technology)!
Non-profit initiative that delivers free, open-source
games that help all students learn computing
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3. Wait, what?
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4. Code For Life
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5. Code For Life
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6. “Teaching children to program is not just
about nurturing the next generation of
software engineers; being able to write code
is a transformative and disruptive meta-skill
that needs to be seen as being of huge
potential value whatever your future holds.
I would go so far as to say that it is a survival
skill that our children need to acquire to
flourish in the increasingly digital and online
future that awaits them.”
Paul Clarke, Director of Technology at Ocado
Teach computing to children?
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7. What about the teachers?
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8. What about the teachers?
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9. So...
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10. Rapid Router: Blockly to Python
- 1st game, for primary
schools
- From visual
programming in
Blockly to Python
- Progression in
computing concepts
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11. Teaching Resources
- Solutions
- Lesson plans
- Unplugged activities
- Students' progress
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12. Games are programmed...
??
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13. Some next projects...
- MMO game for teenagers to learn Python and AI
- Rapid Router iOS app
- Redesign of the portal
- Translations
- Partnerships
- More levels,
More skills!
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14. User Research
"A lot of members of staff have got
addicted to it!" - teacher
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"We love code for life
because we don't have to
teach" - teacher
"What is your gaming skill level" -
"better than you" - teenager

15. Coordination
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16. Pipeline
+FUN!
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17. Cheat Sheet!
Thank you!codeforlife.education
codeforlife@ocado.com
ocadotechnology/codeforlife-portal
ocadotechnology/rapid-router
ocadotechnology/rapid-router-unity
ocadotechnology/aimmo
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Thank you!