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| ====== Noun Scramble Exercise ====== | ====== Noun Scramble Exercise ====== | ||
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| Learning to program in Folk is nice and can be made even more fun when you combine paper craft with your programming. This page describes an exercise that Omar and Andrés have used in workshops to teach people how to get started programming in Folk. | Learning to program in Folk is nice and can be made even more fun when you combine paper craft with your programming. This page describes an exercise that Omar and Andrés have used in workshops to teach people how to get started programming in Folk. | ||
| ====== Ingredients ====== | ====== Ingredients ====== | ||
| - | | + | * slips of paper to write nouns (2 x '' |
| - | | + | * mid-sized scrap paper / index cards to draw on (1 per participant) |
| - | * markers | + | * markers |
| - | * [[https:// | + | * [[https:// |
| * a bowl, hat, or other some such " | * a bowl, hat, or other some such " | ||
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| ====== Recipe ====== | ====== Recipe ====== | ||
| - | - If you know the participants' | + | |
| - | - Begin the exercise | + | - Begin by having participants write down two nouns on their slips of paper, one noun per slip |
| - | * People, when called upon to conjure a specific concept, [[https:// | + | * People , when called upon to conjure a specific concept, [[https:// |
| - Collect all the slips of paper | - Collect all the slips of paper | ||
| - Place them in a scrambling device (a baseball cap, a bowl, under a cup, etc.) and randomize the slips of paper | - Place them in a scrambling device (a baseball cap, a bowl, under a cup, etc.) and randomize the slips of paper | ||
| - Have participants pull out two random nouns from your scrambling device | - Have participants pull out two random nouns from your scrambling device | ||
| - | - Instruct all the participants to take a sheet of paper and draw whatever noun combination they received (e.g. draw a '' | + | - Instruct all the participants to take a scrap of paper (/ index card) and draw whatever noun combination they received (e.g. draw a '' |
| - Okay, now we get to the programming! Instruct participants to write the code below, reading each line aloud. | - Okay, now we get to the programming! Instruct participants to write the code below, reading each line aloud. | ||
| * < | * < | ||
| # e.g. slip 1 = " | # e.g. slip 1 = " | ||
| # e.g. slip 2 = " | # e.g. slip 2 = " | ||
| - | # Add a label for each slip you got that represents either a sound that noun makes | + | # Add a title for each slip you got that represents either a sound that noun makes |
| # or a thing you imagine that noun would say | # or a thing you imagine that noun would say | ||
| - | Wish $this is labelled | + | Wish $this is titled |
| - | Wish $this is labelled | + | Wish $this is titled |
| </ | </ | ||
| - Have participants press '' | - Have participants press '' | ||
| * The fun part of this exercise is seeing your code effect other people' | * The fun part of this exercise is seeing your code effect other people' | ||
| - | - Encourage people to doodle their noun combos on their pages | ||
| - Now you can improvise! Outlines, drawings, loading images from the web, go wild :) [TODO: Write a list of places this exercise could go, API's to references, remix, combine] | - Now you can improvise! Outlines, drawings, loading images from the web, go wild :) [TODO: Write a list of places this exercise could go, API's to references, remix, combine] | ||
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