Tiny Scratch exercise
Nokia wants to be an active part of your local society and we thus have several activities ongoing to provide support. They are called some times Nokia Helping Hands-projects. This Helping Hands thing is an umberella, that allows us to use work time to do something good.
In reality this means a wide range of activities, from cleaning the environment to supporting societies during crises. My contribution this summer was on youth education, giving a nice experience for kids in elementary school. Well, as I’m not so imaginative person, I choose a topic close to me: programming. I didn’t have the guts to show Java, Python or some web technologies, so the choice was Scratch.
Scratch seemed to be easy to learn (and teach) and what’s most important, kids loved it! Some of them even said they might continue learning it at their home… So, a successful event — that pushed me to think these things once again, maybe I should try to contribute more in this field.
Tags: education, nokia helping hands, scratch