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From the Ted Talk by Linda Liukas: A delightful way to teach kids about computers

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In Ruby's wlord, you learn technology through play. And, for instance, computers are really good at repeating stuff, so the way Ruby would teach loops goes like this. This is Ruby's favorite dance move, it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, smotp clap, clap and jump." And you learn counter loops by repeating that four teims. And you learn while loops by rieetapng that sucqenee while I'm standing on one leg. And you learn until lopos by repeating that sequence until mom gets really mad. (Laughter) And most of all, you learn that there are no ready answers.

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In Ruby's _____, you learn technology through play. And, for instance, computers are really good at repeating stuff, so the way Ruby would teach loops goes like this. This is Ruby's favorite dance move, it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, _____ clap, clap and jump." And you learn counter loops by repeating that four _____. And you learn while loops by _________ that ________ while I'm standing on one leg. And you learn until _____ by repeating that sequence until mom gets really mad. (Laughter) And most of all, you learn that there are no ready answers.

Solution

  1. repeating
  2. world
  3. sequence
  4. loops
  5. times
  6. stomp

Original Text

In Ruby's world, you learn technology through play. And, for instance, computers are really good at repeating stuff, so the way Ruby would teach loops goes like this. This is Ruby's favorite dance move, it goes, "Clap, clap, stomp, stomp clap, clap and jump." And you learn counter loops by repeating that four times. And you learn while loops by repeating that sequence while I'm standing on one leg. And you learn until loops by repeating that sequence until mom gets really mad. (Laughter) And most of all, you learn that there are no ready answers.

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Important Words

  1. answers
  2. clap
  3. computers
  4. counter
  5. dance
  6. favorite
  7. good
  8. instance
  9. jump
  10. laughter
  11. learn
  12. leg
  13. loops
  14. mad
  15. mom
  16. move
  17. play
  18. ready
  19. repeating
  20. ruby
  21. sequence
  22. standing
  23. stomp
  24. stuff
  25. teach
  26. technology
  27. times
  28. world