John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014 Warming Up to NetLogo How to think like a programmer

Date Computers are Dumb, People are Smart A program is a list of instructions that tells a computer exactly what to do. We need to be precise. The computer will be unhappy when we type the wrong commands (but who cares, it’s only a computer!) John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014

Mistakes are our Friends Mistakes are our friends Be patient Remember the value of experimenting Read the Error messages John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014

Be curious Play Explore Experiment John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014

Date Know your resources Dictionary Models library Facilitators Other programmers Fellow teachers - Ask 3 Your students John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014

Date Take time with it Trust that the time you spend programming will be rewarded (eventually)...but don’t spend too much time. Go outside and play. John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014

Date Take pride in your models Share your models Learn from your colleagues’ models John Balwit, SFI and Portland State University -- January 3, 2014