So I have been teaching Computer technology to kids in schools and also to non-techies as a hobby for a while. I urge you to NOT start with technology. From he

So I have been teaching Computer technology to kids in schools and also to non-techies as a hobby for a while. I urge you to NOT start with technology. From her interests, identify something that can be augmented with programming first. [for example, she wants to share her hobby via a blog]. Just show her what is possible in that instance with knowledge of coding. From there work backwards to show what she needs to learn to achieve this goal. You will find her lot more motivated. I talked about this with Hack Education's Audrey just yesterday. Some more thoughts captured by her here: http://www.hackeducation.com/2012/03/06/harry-shah/ http://www.hackeducation.com/2012/03/06/harry-shah/