November 2014 Learn More Links

By Tim Slavin / Learn More Links / November 2014 Issue

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Links from the bottom of all the November 2014 articles, collected in one place for you to print, share, or bookmark.

iDTech Camps (Internal Drive)

One and two week camps at colleges and universities in US. Kids 7-17 plus Teen Camps. Registration starts November 1, 2013 for summer 2014.
http://www.idtech.com/

Digital Media Academy

Includes Vancouver, Toronto, and Montreal locations in Canada, as well as US. Ages 6 to 17 and adults.
http://www.digitalmediaacademy.org/

Black Girls Code

Summer of Code 2013 was in Pittsburgh, Detroit, Miami, Dallas, Los Angeles, Memphis, New York, District of Columbia, Chicago, and Oakland, California.
http://www.blackgirlscode.com

Coder Dojo

An international coding club to connect programming professionals with kids 7-17 and their parents (if parents want to get involved).
http://www.coderdojo.com

Kids Can Code

Based in Southern California with a focus on Python, Scratch, and Raspberry Pi.
http://kidscancode.org/

Tech Kids Unlimited

Based in the New York City area, this camp specializes in kids who learn differently with special needs.
http://www.techkidsunlimited.org/

The Flatiron School (New York City)

Five two-week summer terms for kids 13-18. Learn to write code using the same technologies used by coders at some of the coolest tech companies around, like Twitter and Hulu.
http://summer.flatironschool.com/

Tynker

Tynker offers interactive one week summer courses for children to learn programming and game design at their own pace at home, in addition to their grade based curriculum for schools. Based in the San Francisco Bay Area.
http://www.tynker.com/summer-camps/

C

https://www.kidscodecs.com/c-programming-language/

C Basics

http://www.le.ac.uk/users/rjm1/cotter/page_04.htm
http://www.physics.drexel.edu/courses/Comp_Phys/General/C_basics/
http://www.loirak.com/prog/ctutor.php

Reference Manual

https://www.gnu.org/software/gnu-c-manual/gnu-c-manual.html
http://www.c-faq.com/

C History

http://cm.bell-labs.com/cm/cs/who/dmr/chist.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C_%28programming_language%29

FTP

https://www.kidscodecs.com/ftp/

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FTP

http://www.webmonkey.com/2010/02/ftp_for_beginners/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Transfer_Protocol
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-vista/file-transfer-protocol-ftp-frequently-asked-questions
https://kb.iu.edu/d/aerg

FTP Client Software

http://www.siteground.com/tutorials/ftp/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_FTP_client_software

FTP Commands

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_FTP_commands
http://linux.about.com/od/commands/l/blcmdl1_ftp.htm
http://www.computerhope.com/issues/ch001246.htm
https://kb.iu.edu/d/aenq

Filezilla

https://filezilla-project.org/

Where to Find Command Line Interface Software

https://www.kidscodecs.com/where-to-find-command-line-interface-software/

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Design, Destinations, and Systems

https://www.kidscodecs.com/design-systems-versus-destinations/

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Design futures 1: Creating systems not destinations

http://blog.intercom.io/design-futures-1-creating-systems-not-products/

The End of Apps as We Know Them

http://blog.intercom.io/the-end-of-apps-as-we-know-them/

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Control Flow

https://www.kidscodecs.com/programming-control-flows/

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Control Flow/Loop

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_loop
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_flow

C

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/C_Programming/Control
http://www.cprogramming.com/tutorial/c/lesson3.html

Python

https://docs.python.org/2/tutorial/controlflow.html
http://www.openbookproject.net/books/bpp4awd/ch04.html
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/60208/replacements-for-switch-statement-in-python
http://codingstyleguide.com/style/180/python-pythonic-way-to-implement-switchcase-statements

Swift

https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/swift/conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/ControlFlow.html

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Chris Bradfield Talks Coding, Games, and Helping Kids Code

https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-interview-chris-bradfield/

Kids Can Code

http://www.kidscancode.org

Rachel Manning Talks Software Development and the Freelance Life

https://www.kidscodecs.com/an-interview-with-rachel-manning/

Rachel Manning

https://www.linkedin.com/in/rachelmanning

Create a Website with Wix

https://www.kidscodecs.com/create-a-website-with-wix/

Wix

http://www.wix.com

Sample Text Files

Files you can use to build a test website.
website-sample-text.txt file

Hummingbird Photos

This Flickr search URL displays an Advanced Search for images with Creative Commons licenses which means they’re free to use, certainly to create a test site to try out a service like Wix.com
http://www.flickr.com/search?safe_search=1&license=4%2C5&sort=relevance&text=hummingbird

Test Site on Wix.com

This is the site with photos and text.
http://emelineswanson.wix.com/hummingbird

How to Make New Years Resolutions

https://www.kidscodecs.com/how-to-make-new-years-resolutions/

10 Sure Ways to Keep Your New Year's Resolutions

http://psychcentral.com/lib/10-sure-ways-to-keep-your-new-years-resolutions/0005
http://psychcentral.com/news/2009/12/29/6-steps-to-making-new-years-resolutions-that-work/10461.html
http://psychcentral.com/lib/5-tips-on-how-to-keep-new-years-resolutions-2/00018459
http://psychcentral.com/lib/rethink-those-failed-new-years-resolutions/00018625
http://psychcentral.com/lib/new-year-new-goals-maybe/00014832

What’s the Best Way to Keep Your New Years Resolution in 2014?

https://www.quora.com/Whats-the-best-way-to-keep-your-New-Years-Resolution-in-2014

6 ways to Make Your New Year’s Resolutions Stick

http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2013/12/27/keep-new-years-resolutions-goals/4192127/

6 Ways to Actually Keep Your New Year’s Resolution

http://www.forbes.com/sites/dailymuse/2011/12/30/6-ways-to-actually-keep-your-new-years-resolution/

New Year’s Resolutions for Pets

https://www.petcentric.com/12-09-2013/new-years-resolutions-for-pets

12 Most Powerful Ways To Keep Your Creative New Year's Resolutions

http://12most.com/2014/01/01/12-powerful-ways-creative-years-resolutions/

Calvin and Hobbes Search Engine

http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/
http://michaelyingling.com/random/calvin_and_hobbes/search.php?phrase=new+year

Calvin and Hobbes

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calvin_and_Hobbes

How to Make (and Keep) New Years Resolutions

https://www.kidscodecs.com/make-keep-new-years-resolutions/

Last Words: Playgrounds for Programmers

https://www.kidscodecs.com/playgrounds-for-software-development-tools/

Swift

https://developer.apple.com/swift/
https://developer.apple.com/library/ios/documentation/swift/conceptual/Swift_Programming_Language/GuidedTour.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swift_%28programming_language%29

Swift Inspirations

http://www.nondot.org/sabre/
http://lighttable.com/2014/06/10/light-table-and-apples-swift/
http://lighttable.com/2012/06/24/its-playtime/
http://vimeo.com/36579366 (Bret Victor)
http://vimeo.com/66085662 (Bret Victor)

Why Apple's Swift Language Will Instantly Remake Computer Programming

http://www.wired.com/2014/07/apple-swift/

Why Coders Are Going Nuts Over Apple's New Programming Language

http://www.wired.com/2014/06/apple-swift-language/

PyCharm

http://www.jetbrains.com/pycharm/whatsnew/

A List of Software Development Tools

https://www.kidscodecs.com/resources/software-programming-tools/

Tim Slavin

Tim is an award-winning writer and technologist who enjoys teaching tech to non-technical people. He has many years experience with web sites and applications in business, technical, and creative roles. He and his wife have two kids, now teenagers, who are mad about video games.

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