The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/web/20160321184332/https://blogs.oracle.com/java/tags/java_programming

Wednesday Mar 02, 2016

The Story of Traits

“Java does not permit multiple implementation inheritance, but the problem is not gone,” explains Venkat Subramaniam. In his session, you will learn about solutions in Java 8 and previous versions. The presentation also explores the options available in Scala and Groovy.

Tuesday Dec 08, 2015

Programming Contest: The Greeps are Coming!

Looking for a fun game to program or a way to teach Java programming and computational problem-solving? In this article, Michael Kölling, lead developer of Greenfoot, a programming environment that enables novices to create simulations and games, describes the Greeps contest. Whether you are running a coding club, helping out with programming in your kid's school, teaching your own son or daughter to write Java, or even wanting to learn Java yourself, this contest will make it fun.

The programming experience needed to participate in this contest is modest. However, while the task can be started easily using some basic ideas, it can be improved a lot by using an intelligent strategy. 

The appropriate age range for contestants is about 13 years upwards. It works equally well with older age groups. And even if you are an experienced programmer, you might have some fun attempting this task

To learn more details about the contest and the stars of the contest--alien creatures called Greeps--read the article

Wednesday Apr 22, 2015

JavaOne4Kids 2015 - Submit Your Talks

By Guest Blogger Arun Gupta 

From original blog post

JavaOne4Kids Devoxx4Kids

Recap of JavaOne Kids Day 2014

Do you remember JavaOne Kids Day 2014?

It was quite a blast with ~135 kids learning Python, Minecraft modding, Arduino, NAO, Greenfoot and lots of other technologies using hands-on workshops. Satisfying and rewarding are the two words that will summarize helping with the event last year!

Just to recap, here are some pictures from the last year’s event:

One of the most vocal feedback from the event was:

Based upon this very popular attendee request, and extremely positive feedback from everywhere else, JavaOne 2015 is taking that event to a much bigger scale. However this event will only be successful if you are share your passion and time to educate kids.

How can I help JavaOne4Kids 2015?

  • Are you a technology educator?
  • Are you a school teacher who would like to deliver a workshop at a professional conference?
  • Are you involved with CoderDojo or Devoxx4Kids instructor who would like to give a workshop in San Francisco?
  • Do you like to tinker with Tynker, Scratch, Blockly, Greenfoot or any other such technology?
  • Have you been giving workshops on LEGO, Arduino, RaspberryPi, Intel Galileo, or any other fancy boards?
  • Would you like to show a real practical use case of Internet of Things to kids using simple software and hardware?
  • How about some Java, JavaScript, Scala, HTML5, CSS, Python, Ruby?
  • Building simple mobile applications using Android or iOS?

JavaOne Call For Papers is open. There is a special track for developers and educators who are interested in delivering a two-hour hands-on workshop targeted at children 10 to 18 years old. Presenters will be responsible for preparing all the content and required hardware and software for 50 children—exclusive of laptops, which will be provided.

If you’ve submitted talks for the main conference, then this would be a great opportunity to bring your kids. They can either attend the workshop, or even deliver a workshop.

We love young presenters!

To submit a JavaOne4Kids Day talk, select “JavaOne4Kids Day” as the session type. Even though you are required to populate a primary track, this field will be ignored.

Read complete details at oracle.com/javaone/javaone4kids.html.

Don’t wait, submit your workshop today!

About

Insider News from the Java Team at Oracle!

duke
Links


Search

Search filtering requires JavaScript
Archives
« March 2016
SunMonTueWedThuFriSat
  
4
5
6
7
11
12
13
14
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
  
       
Today
Morty Proxy This is a proxified and sanitized view of the page, visit original site.