No. 30 — AMA 🙋 Mesofacts ⛰️ Hyperobjects
No. 30 — AMA 🙋 Mesofacts ⛰️ Hyperobjects
Hello Ruby
Every kid has a magical childhood book that makes world seem full of adventure and possibility. This is my book.
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“Hello Ruby! Adventure in Coding” An entry course of CS to open up children’s five senses
“Hello Ruby! Adventure in Coding” An entry course of CS to open up children’s five senses
Hello Ruby for visually impaired students
This story comes from Netherlands, from Wendy Voorn. Follow the work of Konvisio on Facebook and...
How old is Ruby?
I think in the first book she is 6 and then grows up to be around 7 or 8 in the consequtive...
My Love Letter for Computers 💌
Love Letters for Computers is a ten part YouTube series intended for primary school educators,...
Kinder Coder Bulgaria + My First Computer
We love to hear how teachers in different countries have used Hello Ruby in their classrooms. There...
Building paper computers in Ghana
We love to hear how teachers in different countries have used Hello Ruby in their classrooms. There...
What are you first memories of the Internet?My personal journey to the Internet started some twenty...
What are you first memories of the Internet?My personal journey to the Internet started some twenty...
Where did you get the idea for the book?I got the idea for the book while tlaking to a little boy....
Where did you get the idea for the book?I got the idea for the book while tlaking to a little boy....
Linked List for Expedition to the Internet
I always enjoy reading the tidbits, footnotes and references of the process of making a book. So...
What is the theme of the third Hello Ruby book? How does the book teach you about the Internet?The...
What is the theme of the third Hello Ruby book? How does the book teach you about the Internet?The...
Sparking Joy and Curiosity
What started off as a book review assignment soon escalated to a creative sewing project.Anna-Lena...
Pixel Ruby & friends
Love these pixel creations from the kids at Fablab Sulcis, Italy.
Hello Ruby in Chongqing, China
We love to hear how teachers in different countries have used Hello Ruby in their classrooms. There...
Hello Ruby in Italian classroom
We love to hear how teachers in different countries have used Hello Ruby in their classrooms. There...
LESPLAN 1 'EEN AVONTUURLIJK SPROOKJE OVER PROGRAMMEREN'
LESPLAN 1 'EEN AVONTUURLIJK SPROOKJE OVER PROGRAMMEREN'
When did you get your first computer?The first computer I...
When did you get your first computer? The first computer I remember really well was my dad’s work laptop he brought home in the beginning of the 1990s. It must have cost a fortune, but my dad always had a very relaxed attitude around computers. I remember dad saying that there’s nothing permanently bad we can do with a computer - a bold statement in the era without automatic backups and when…
How does the book teach how a computer works?We follow the...
How does the book teach how a computer works? We follow the different abstractions of a computer from the lowest to the highest. Ruby’s journey begins from electricity and bits, followed by logic gates, to hardware side with components, and to software side with operating system and apps. In the workbook the kids practice the names of different hardware, get to know the ideas behind input/ouput,…
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Where did the idea for the book come from?In summer 2014 I did...
Where did the idea for the book come from? In summer 2014 I did the first version of a “paper doll computer”, a computer made out of paper a kid would first assemble and then design their own apps. The first drawing for the book, and the key image that helped me come up with the story was the spread where Ruby is sitting a little bit confused inside of the computer, surrounded by the blueish glow…