Linda Liukas: A delightful way to teach kids about computers
Linda Liukas: Ett lekfullt sätt att lära barn om datorer
Linda Liukas wants to create a more diverse and colorful world of technology, starting with the poetry of code. Full bio
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that drove the whole generation.
som drev en hel generation.
är mjukvara gränssnittet
to our imagination and our world.
av världen omkring oss.
more diverse set of people
and lonely and boring and magic,
tråkiga, konstiga och magiska,
that they can tinker
and so forth.
of programming and technology
och teknikens värld
on an older man,
just happened to be
of the United States, Mr. Al Gore.
teenage girl would want to do.
skulle velat göra.
express all of this love,
there was no Pinterest.
all of this longing and loving.
all min längtan och kärlek.
started for me.
för mina känslor.
I would use crayons and legos.
och använde kritor och lego.
guitar lessons and theater plays.
blev det genom gitarrlektioner och teater.
to get excited about,
att bli uppfylld av,
are boring and technical and lonely.
var tråkiga och tekniska.
are not supposed to like computers.
att de förväntas ogilla datorer.
at concentrating on things
att fokusera på saker, de är konkreta
amazing questions like,
and "How?" and "What if?"
och "Hur?" och "Men om?"
are not supposed to like computers.
bör tycka illa om datorer.
is this esoteric, weird science discipline
är en mystisk, knepig disciplin
from everyday life
and controls and data structures
kontroller och datastrukturer
we've made computers smaller and smaller.
of abstraction on top of each other
have any idea how computers work
hur datorer fungerar
how the human body works,
hur människokroppen fungerar,
the combustion engine functions
that if you want to really be an astronaut
om du verkligen vill bli astronaut
what happens when I press 'play,'
när jag trycker på "Start",
och det är inte komplicerat.
really, really, really fast.
these amazing, beautiful machines,
dessa fantastiska maskiner,
very, very foreign to us,
to the computers
how to speak to the computers anymore
hur vi talar till datorer
French irregular verbs,
my pattern recognition skills.
min förmåga att se mönster.
a sequence of symbolic commands
av symboliska kommandon
livslånga sökande efter ett språk
between English and mathematics
men ingen förstod det.
and pinch their way through the world.
och trycker sig genom världen.
to build with computers,
att skapa med datorer
instead of creators.
istället för skapare.
led me to this little girl.
till denna lilla flicka.
imaginative and a little bit bossy.
fantasifull och lite bossig.
I would run into a problem
myself programming like,
or what is garbage collection?",
eller vad är minneshanteringsmetoder?",
little girl would explain the problem.
skulle beskrivit problemet.
and I illustrated it
som jag illustrerade
Ruby taught me go like this.
not supposed to be afraid
stuck together.
me to her friends,
också för sina vänner,
av Internet-kulturen.
to play with the other kids.
leka med de andra barnen.
that are really friendly but super messy.
som är vänliga men röriga.
but somewhat hard to understand.
men ibland svår att förstå sig på
technology through play.
are really good at repeating stuff,
är bra på att repetera saker,
loops goes like this.
it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, stomp
"Klapp, klapp, stamp, stamp,
by repeating that four times.
att repetera det fyra gånger.
by repeating that sequence
genom att repetera sekvensen
by repeating that sequence
repetera sekvensen om och om igen
that there are no ready answers.
att det inte finns några färdiga svar.
for Ruby's world,
för Rubys värld,
how they see the world
hur de ser på världen,
play testing sessions.
these four pictures.
att visa barnen fyra bilder.
en hund och en toalett.
do you think is a computer?"
tror ni är en dator?"
very conservative and go,
spends way too much time."
sitter framför alldeles för länge."
that actually, a car is a computer,
might not be a computer,
a computer inside of it.
har många olika datorsystem,
so many different kinds of computers,
and the burglar alarms.
with an on/off button on them.
med en av- och på-knapp.
"Today you have this magic ability
den fantastiska möjligheten
into a computer."
i det här rummet till en dator."
I don't know the right answer for this."
the right answer, either.
to hear about this thing
you are going to be the ones
where everything is a computer."
där allting är en dator."
who came to me
if it were a computer,
what else could it do?"
Vad skulle den mer kunna?"
were a computer,
lampan var en dator, skulle vi kunna
with my father
could also be a movie projector."
vara en videoprojektor."
is definitely not ready yet,
att göra den mer färdig
of making the world more ready
can be a part of that change.
and the helpful RAM and ROM
och de hjälpsamma RAM och ROM
our computer together,
is to be an astronaut.
these huge headphones on
in his tiny paper computer
av sin lilla pappersdator
navigation application.
in the Martian orbit,
i omloppsbana runt Mars,
safely back to earth.
a profoundly different view of the world
en väsensskild bild av världen
the more inclusive,
och ju mer inkluderande,
we make the world of technology,
the world will look like.
kommer världen att bli.
don't only include
inte bara innefattar
Silicon Valley boys,
i Silicon Valley,
and Norwegian librarians.
och norska bibliotekarier.
the little Ada Lovelaces of tomorrow,
där morgondagens unga Ada Lovelaces,
reality of 1s and 0s,
and brave about technology.
och optimistiska teknikkramare.
and the opportunities
och möjligheterna
that is wonderful, whimsical
som är fantastisk, nyckfull,
in Moominvalley.
I would roam around the Tatooines.
på planeten Tatooine.
I would go to sleep in Narnia.
to be the perfect profession for me.
det perfekta yrket för mig.
skapar jag dem med kod.
den fantastiska möjligheten
and paradigms and practices.
paradigm och sätt att fungera.
with the pure power of logic.
med enbart logikens kraft.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Linda Liukas - Programmer, storyteller and illustratorLinda Liukas wants to create a more diverse and colorful world of technology, starting with the poetry of code.
Why you should listen
Linda Liukas is a programmer, storyteller and illustrator. Her children's book, Hello Ruby, is the "world’s most whimsical way to learn about technology, computing and coding.” Liukas founded Rails Girls, which has organized workshops in over 230 cities, teaching the basics of programming to more than 10,000 women. Linda worked at Codeacademy, which she left to write stories that teach children about software and programming. She won the 2013 Ruby Hero prize and was named the Digital Champion of Finland by the EU Commissioner for Digital Agenda.
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