{"id":3099,"date":"2014-05-10T20:25:24","date_gmt":"2014-05-10T20:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2016-02-17T22:40:51","modified_gmt":"2016-02-17T22:40:51","slug":"taking-a-kid-to-a-barcamp-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dalelane.co.uk\/blog\/?p=3099","title":{"rendered":"Taking a kid to a barcamp… again"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last year, Grace tagged along with me to Barcamp Berkshire<\/a>. She gave a talk, and it went pretty well<\/a>. <\/p>\n

I guess she must’ve enjoyed it, because today she came along with me to Barcamp Bournemouth<\/a>. <\/p>\n

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How we learn maths today by Grace (9) #BCBOMO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/TY0wUqY4mv<\/a><\/p>\n

— BarCamp Bournemouth (@bcbournemouth) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I’ll write a post about what she talked about later, as it was actually pretty interesting. First, I want to get the shameless proud dad post out of the way. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

As she’d done it before, I thought she might find it easier this time. She didn’t – I think she still found it very scary. But she was determined to do it, and I thought she did a great job. <\/p>\n

People seemed to enjoy it, and I saw a bunch of kind comments on twitter:<\/p>\n

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9yo Grace is teaching us about how kids learn maths in school today at #bcbomo6<\/a>. She's my new idol. pic.twitter.com\/Y5j092ApkP<\/a><\/p>\n

— Holly June Smith (@hollyjunesmith) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I am learning maths all over again with 9yr old Grace at #BCBOMO6<\/a> – fascinating how kids are taught these days!<\/p>\n

— Phil Hazelton (@philhaz) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Just learned how 9 year-old Grace is taught how to do maths at school. Great talk and really interesting! #BCBOMO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/5PyW3SRU6M<\/a><\/p>\n

— Alex Washtell (@awashtell) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I think I\u2019m at the best Barcamp talk ever. 9 year old Grace showing how people are taught maths these days http:\/\/t.co\/ezRszWUjek<\/a><\/p>\n

— Adam Howard (@skattyadz) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Grace, age 9, doing an awesome talk \/ live demo on how folk are taught maths in school. Really neat tricks. #BCBOMO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/rcDZ1Uawnt<\/a><\/p>\n

— Adrian Howard (@adrianh) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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My favorite method is definitely partioning #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Totally want to go back to school and learn maths again #bcbomo6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/7yxSXjoRNv<\/a><\/p>\n

— Holly June Smith (@hollyjunesmith) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Its not long since i did maths and things have changed so much! #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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How maths is taught today! I wanna re-learn – this makes far more sense! #BCBOMO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/Lx0HZC5Ph7<\/a><\/p>\n

— Cleo Moffatt (@CleoJM) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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I like repeated subtraction for division! #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

There were a couple of funny moments, too. <\/p>\n

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A room of adults is getting math wrong that a 9 year old is doing on the board #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Matthew Smith (@Yuluthu) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Learning maths at #BCBOMO6<\/a> Funny seeing loads of adults getting an addition question wrong while being taught by a 9 year old!<\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Currently being schooled by a 9 year old. Entire room of people losing their minds over maths. #bcbomo6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/r1ELjgWaWN<\/a><\/p>\n

— Jonathan Ginn (@jonginn) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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A room full of clever people beaten at maths by a 9yo. Only at #BCBOMO6<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/m5JHx2xI2c<\/a><\/p>\n

— Luke (@alukeonlife) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After her talk she got a bunch of questions about everything from what else she likes at school to what she wants to do when she’s older. <\/p>\n

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Developers trying to get Grace to stop learning maths and rely on technology XD #BCBOMO6<\/a> #DadSaysNo<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The 6 year olds are doing the same stuff I do at uni (scratch) #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Matthew Smith (@Yuluthu) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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So good to hear the kids are being taught programming at school from a young age and enjoy it! #BCBOMO6<\/a><\/p>\n

— Michael Craddock (@MobliMic) May 10, 2014<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It wasn’t until towards the end of my time at University before I was able to stand in front of an audience and give a talk. She’s still in primary school. <\/p>\n

I’m really very proud that she was willing to give it a go, let alone do a decent job of giving an interesting talk to a large group of adults she doesn’t know. <\/p>\n