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Thomas Charles Burbridge

HAPI - The Human API

Thomas Charles Burbridge

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Beard Iron Books
15 September 2025
Organisation & management of education
What if you could teach coding without a single computer?

HAPI (Human Application Programming Instruction) is a groundbreaking approach to computer science and STEM education that turns coding into a physical, interactive, and unforgettable experience. Instead of sitting silently behind screens, students get up, move, and become part of the program itself. One student becomes the ""actor,"" while classmates become ""programmers,"" issuing commands in plain language that mirror the structure of real code. Together, they learn how to think logically, break problems into steps, debug mistakes, and celebrate the creativity behind coding.

At its core, HAPI is about removing barriers. Many schools face limited access to computers, uneven Wi-Fi, or classrooms where expensive technology simply isn't an option. HAPI solves that problem. With nothing more than open space and imagination, teachers can deliver rigorous, TEKS-aligned and Common Core-aligned lessons that introduce programming concepts in a fun and approachable way. HAPI ensures that every classroom can be a coding classroom.

This book is packed with classroom-ready tools:

A full set of commands that function like a ""human programming language."" Warm-ups, bell ringers, and quick games to start class with energy. Structured activities that teach logic, sequencing, and problem-solving. Projects that scale from a single lesson to multi-day challenges. Substitute-friendly lessons that require little prep and no technology. Reflection prompts, rubrics, and teacher pacing guides to make grading simple.

But HAPI is more than just a teaching method-it's a mindset. It encourages students to collaborate, laugh, and take risks. Mistakes are not failures but debugging opportunities. Every student has a role: the coder, the actor, the debugger, the collaborator. Even reluctant learners find themselves engaged because learning becomes a game, a performance, and a puzzle all at once.

Best of all, HAPI builds a bridge. The unplugged activities lay the foundation for more advanced work in Python, robotics, engineering, and beyond. By physically acting out programs, students internalize the flow of coding before ever touching a keyboard, making the transition to real-world programming seamless and far less intimidating.

Whether you're a veteran STEM teacher, a new educator, or a substitute looking for something that just works, HAPI equips you with the tools to bring computer science alive. It doesn't matter if your classroom has one laptop or thirty-HAPI proves that coding is for everyone.

Engaging. Accessible. Transformative. HAPI makes programming human.
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Imprint:   Beard Iron Books
Dimensions:   Height: 233mm,  Width: 178mm,  Spine: 4mm
Weight:   141g
ISBN:   9798218760151
Pages:   78
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Tom Burbridge is an adventurer at heart and a storyteller by calling. A U.S. Navy veteran who once served aboard the USS Peleliu and USS Pluck, he has spent his life diving into challenges-whether plunging beneath the waves as a certified dive master with over a hundred successful dives, riding long distances on e-bikes across Texas, or exploring the rugged deserts and mountains that inspire his fiction.After a decade in the tech world as a hot sauce maker, technical writer, and IT security specialist, he found his true passion in teaching. Today, he serves as a middle school engineering teacher in Texas, where he sparks curiosity in the next generation of makers, tinkerers, and dreamers. His classrooms are filled with creativity, unplugged coding games, robotics projects, and the belief that failure is a stepping stone to innovation.Whether crafting worlds where gods fear mortals, building unplugged activities for classrooms without computers, or pushing the boundaries of what's possible in his own life, Tom lives by the motto: adventure isn't found, it's made.He continues to balance teaching, writing, and adventuring with a deep sense of purpose-and just enough mischief to keep things interesting

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