The Hello Ruby programming tutorial for kids raised $ 288,000 on Kickstarter
Linda Liukas started programming at the age of 13, making the first site in HTML and Javascript. It was nonsense and a sudden rush, but since then Linda has a constant love - programming. Now, 14 years later, she decided to help other children experience the same feelings - and wrote a programming book for young children. The book seems so interesting that for its publication it was possible to collect almost $ 300 thousand on Kickstarter (instead of the required $ 10 000 for publication), and this is two weeks before the end of the campaign!
Redhead Ruby and her friends
Ruby is a little girl with a lot of imagination. She stomps and stumbles in her own little world while her father travels somewhere. During her adventures, Ruby befriends new friends, including the lonely Snow Leopard. Together they visit locks made of windows (Windows) and solve problems with wise penguins.
Ruby bakes gingerbread with green robots and throws a garden party with ... well, Linda doesn’t tell about it yet. “To hear the end of the story, I need help,” she writes in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign application. “Ruby’s world is a continuation of my own story, as I learned to see technology.” This goes far beyond the bits and bytes of a computer. This is the story of what happens outside of zeros and ones, before the if / else statements. ”
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The book is intended for children from 4 to 7 years. “I believe that stories are the most important part that influences the formation of a child’s personality. Each had a book in which the world seemed beautiful and full of new opportunities. My book is about little Ruby.
The book with the adventures of Ruby will be released along with a workbook, where children will be offered to solve different problems for the development of programming skills.
We are waiting for the translation into Russian?
PS By the way, Linda Liukas herself won the title of Ruby Hero 2013 and the “Finnish digital champion”. Below is a video of her speech at the Railsberry 2012 conference on the topic of involving girls in programming.
Redhead Ruby and her friends
Ruby is a little girl with a lot of imagination. She stomps and stumbles in her own little world while her father travels somewhere. During her adventures, Ruby befriends new friends, including the lonely Snow Leopard. Together they visit locks made of windows (Windows) and solve problems with wise penguins.
Ruby bakes gingerbread with green robots and throws a garden party with ... well, Linda doesn’t tell about it yet. “To hear the end of the story, I need help,” she writes in a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign application. “Ruby’s world is a continuation of my own story, as I learned to see technology.” This goes far beyond the bits and bytes of a computer. This is the story of what happens outside of zeros and ones, before the if / else statements. ”
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The book is intended for children from 4 to 7 years. “I believe that stories are the most important part that influences the formation of a child’s personality. Each had a book in which the world seemed beautiful and full of new opportunities. My book is about little Ruby.
The book with the adventures of Ruby will be released along with a workbook, where children will be offered to solve different problems for the development of programming skills.
We are waiting for the translation into Russian?
PS By the way, Linda Liukas herself won the title of Ruby Hero 2013 and the “Finnish digital champion”. Below is a video of her speech at the Railsberry 2012 conference on the topic of involving girls in programming.
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/211498/
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