A more mainstream approach is to use alice
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alice_(software)
it is java based, so should be fine..
On the OLPC project there is 2, one is Scratch, the other is logo. I like
their logo implementation because it shows programming as a block(i
tested logo on my little
OK tq... Hopely I have time to write something for kids regarding to
programming. I have start programming since form 2 and I believe Its
can be much more earlier...
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:42 PM, sweemeng ng swees...@gmail.com wrote:
A more mainstream approach is to use alice
Learning to Program by Chris Pine published by the pragmatic
programmers teaches programming basics via the Ruby language.
Related, Hackety Hack provides a very engaging learning environment
targeted at young programmers (also in Ruby) in a single cross-
platform executable.
On 23-Sep-2009, at
You shld try Python. A lot has been written abt the suitability of Python
for teaching programming.
Check out Python-based RURPLE (http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/rur.htm) or
Turtle Graphics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythonTurtle) as well. Note
that there are various implementations of the
depends on what you want them to do. need to identify a real world theme
first - animation / content / game ?
imho, html and javascript is a good starting point to build interest -
mainly because it is so easy to publish on the web via blogs / cms / social
networks / etc that they can show off to
Raja Iskandar Shah wrote:
depends on what you want them to do. need to identify a real world
theme first - animation / content / game ?
One way to look at building real skills is to look at opportunities of
exposure to real life for hands-on experience. Anyone who is given an
F1 car to
Hi all
+1 on Chris Pine's book
Try this game for ur kids - robot + puzzle + programming (function / main)
http://www.kongregate.com/games/Coolio_Niato/light-bot
hehehe
On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 20:24:48 +0800, Kamal Fariz kamal.fa...@gmail.com
wrote:
Learning to Program by Chris Pine published
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