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
repeating
world
sequence
loops
times
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.