On 5 okt 2009, at 12:17, Matthijs Kadijk wrote:
If you want to teach kids the principles of programming (variables,
loops, functions) it can be done independent of the programming
language. I suggest to have a look a scratch, a x platform
(smalltalk based ?) visual programming environment. You build small
(object oriented) script using drag en drop, like solving a jig saw
puzzle. The GUI is available in multiple languages, including the
command pieces you can use. So this can be used by even very young
programmers. It also has a strong visual bias, you can draw spites
and program their behaviour. I think you should be able to show that
programming is FUN, and it does not really matter wich language you
use to express yourself ..
you can find it here: http://scratch.mit.edu/ I am sure you will
like it and so will your pupils ...
Scratch is really really nice. I only wish it had a "python escape":
if there was a way to implement code for each of the block types
(statement, conditional, expression, etc) in Python it would be a very
nice way to gradually lead kids from the visual building block
paradigm to textual languages.
--
Jack Jansen, <jack.jan...@cwi.nl>, http://www.cwi.nl/~jack
If I can't dance I don't want to be part of your revolution -- Emma
Goldman
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