Robert: I found this reference in digg. http://digg.com/software/Kids_Programming_Language_(KPL)_going_open- source I am not sure if it is what you are looking for but it does look promising. Thomas Kirk On May 29, 2006, at 9:48 AM, Robert Citek wrote:
> What language would folks here recommend for introducing 4th-8th > graders to elementary concepts of programming? > > At ByteWorks we've been introducing them to programming using > MSWLogo, a version of the LOGO programming language using turtle > graphics[1]. The programming interface is simple and very > interactive. Unfortunately, it only runs under Windows and we'd like > something that runs under Linux. We've experimented with KTurle[2] > but it has some bugs which make it unsuitable for our needs (also, > seems to be stale.) > > While we'd like to stick with some kind of LOGO with turtle graphics, > we are open to other languages. The requirement is that it would > have to be engaging for students in the 4th-8th grade age range. > > Thanks in advance. > > [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turtle_graphics > [2] http://kturtle.sourceforge.net/ > > Regards, > - Robert > http://www.cwelug.org/downloads > Help others get OpenSource software. Distribute FLOSS > for Windows, Linux, *BSD, and MacOS X with BitTorrent > > > _______________________________________________ > CWE-LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.cwelug.org/ > http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ > http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/ _______________________________________________ CWE-LUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.cwelug.org/ http://www.cwelug.org/archives/ http://www.cwelug.org/mailinglist/
