Sarah Guthals
Description
Sarah Guthals received her PhD from UCSD in computer science specializing in CS Education in 2014. During graduate school, she built the beta version of CodeSpells, a 3D immersive video game designed to teach children to code through playing a wizard and writing spells. Sarah went on to cofound ThoughtSTEM, a company that builds software (for example, LearnToMod), curriculum, and pedagogies for teaching children to code and empowering K–12 teachers to teach their students. Sarah has written four books around Minecraft, one on mobile app development, one on making digital games, and one on helping adults teach kids coding; launched a Coursera and EdX course for teachers interested in teaching coding; was recently named Forbes 30 under 30 in Science and UCSD’s 40 under 40 Alumni; and founded We Can — a company dedicated to encouraging all kids to do anything. Sarah has been a lecturer at UCSD for the Department of Computer Science and the Department of Educational Studies and was an engineering manager at GitHub. She is currently a senior program manager at Microsoft, focused on education. Sarah’s passion is making coding accessible to everyone, with the goal of making it a basic literacy. Source: [GitHub for Dummies](
Books
Building a mobile app
Building a Mobile App offers basic lessons in Android development, designed specifically for kids! Three fun projects walk you through basic coding skills using MIT's App Inventor a free, online programming tool that uses a simple block style language that makes coding easy to learn.
Modding Minecraft
Modding allows players to customize Minecraft through code. The projects in this book teach your player how to modify the game by using code blocks to create mini games. The projects use LearntoMod (provided as a 60-day trial download with the book), a platform designed specifically to teach young students how to modify Minecraft. Projects include: Create a Spleef Game - get started with a single-player, single-level game, build a Monster Arena - moves readers on to multi-level game playing, capture That Flag - finishes with a multi-level, multi-player game based on the classic capture the flag' game.
Building a Minecraft city
Offering young Minecraft enthusiasts the ultimate sandbox experience, Building a Minecraft City gives kids aged 7-11 an outlet to enhance their love of the game and take their creative play to new heights. Brought to you by the trusted For Dummies brand, this kid-focused book offers step-by-step instructions and simple explanations for completing projects that will teach your child invaluable new skills--all while having a ton of fun!
Minecraft modding for kids for dummies
Demonstrates how to mod through comprehensive, step-by-step instructions and explanations for nine projects, providing coverage of basic coding skills while offering a free trial of the LearnToMod software.
GitHub for Dummies
Once you've learned the basics of coding the next step is to start sharing your expertise, learning from other coding pros, or working as a collaborative member of development teams. GitHub is the go-to community for facilitating coding collaboration, and GitHub for Dummies is the next step on your journey as a developer. Written by a GitHub engineer, this book is packed with insight on how GitHub works and how you can use it to become a more effective, efficient, and valuable member of any collaborative programming team.