Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment
> Now this is really very interesting. > > I put some plastic cups on the table and move beans around them and call it a > calculator. > > The I set up an interface with buttons as per a standard Electronic > calculator; > > and a few fields called "cup1", "cup2", "cup3", and so on on RevMedia. > > Then get one kid to move beans around the cups and tell the kid at the > computer things like: > > "put the beans from cup1 and the beans from cup2 into cup3" > > and > > "take the same number of beans as are in cup1 out of cup2 and put them in > cup3" > > then the kids start writing code "under" the '+','-','/' and '*' buttons . . . > > most of these kids are in the 7 - 10 range. That's gold Richmond. I'm going to try it with my 7 year old. Cheers -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding Software Development Bespoke application development for vertical markets InstallGadget - How to create an installer in 10 seconds revObjective - Making behavior scripts behave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment
On 09/23/2010 09:58 AM, Scott Morrow wrote: Hello Monte, - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my experience teaching them HyperCard (and last year, revMedia) is that (no matter how hard I wish it to be different) very few are developmentally ready to program. A simple PowerPoint type interface and/or templates that they can customize is more appropriate with the kiddos I work with. A few of the more gifted 9 year olds can get their head around variables and if-then branching but my experience (and the general consensus of folks I spoke to at a few RevCons) was that 10 or 11 year olds were usually better able to think at that level of abstraction... On the other hand, it hasn't stopped me from exposing kids to scripting in order to see who gets a light in their eyes! Let us know what you end up doing. I'm certain I'm not alone in wanting to know what someone of your skill will end up contributing inside a school setting. Now this is really very interesting. I put some plastic cups on the table and move beans around them and call it a calculator. The I set up an interface with buttons as per a standard Electronic calculator; and a few fields called "cup1", "cup2", "cup3", and so on on RevMedia. Then get one kid to move beans around the cups and tell the kid at the computer things like: "put the beans from cup1 and the beans from cup2 into cup3" and "take the same number of beans as are in cup1 out of cup2 and put them in cup3" then the kids start writing code "under" the '+','-','/' and '*' buttons . . . most of these kids are in the 7 - 10 range. ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment
Hi Scott > > It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging > group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my > experience teaching them HyperCard (and last year, revMedia) is that (no > matter how hard I wish it to be different) very few are developmentally ready > to program. Yeah, that's what I was thinking but I didn't want to assume anything given my 4 year old is a wiz on the iPad ;-). The oldest kids will be about 12 I think. > A simple PowerPoint type interface and/or templates that they can customize > is more appropriate with the kiddos I work with. A few of the more gifted 9 > year olds can get their head around variables and if-then branching but my > experience (and the general consensus of folks I spoke to at a few RevCons) > was that 10 or 11 year olds were usually better able to think at that level > of abstraction... OK, I might tell them it's best if it's only year 6 and small groups of keen kids. > On the other hand, it hasn't stopped me from exposing kids to scripting in > order to see who gets a light in their eyes! Let us know what you end up > doing. I'm certain I'm not alone in wanting to know what someone of your > skill will end up contributing inside a school setting. Ah, now you've got me blushing ;-) Cheers -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding Software Development Bespoke application development for vertical markets InstallGadget - How to create an installer in 10 seconds revObjective - Making behavior scripts behave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
Re: LiveCode in K-6 school environment
Hello Monte, > - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). It sounds like the age of children you are looking at may be a challenging group if writing code is the goal. I teach 8 and 9 year olds and my experience teaching them HyperCard (and last year, revMedia) is that (no matter how hard I wish it to be different) very few are developmentally ready to program. A simple PowerPoint type interface and/or templates that they can customize is more appropriate with the kiddos I work with. A few of the more gifted 9 year olds can get their head around variables and if-then branching but my experience (and the general consensus of folks I spoke to at a few RevCons) was that 10 or 11 year olds were usually better able to think at that level of abstraction... On the other hand, it hasn't stopped me from exposing kids to scripting in order to see who gets a light in their eyes! Let us know what you end up doing. I'm certain I'm not alone in wanting to know what someone of your skill will end up contributing inside a school setting. Scott Morrow Elementary Software (Now with 20% less chalk dust!) web http://elementarysoftware.com/ email sc...@elementarysoftware.com -- On Sep 22, 2010, at 5:54 PM, Monte Goulding wrote: > Hi > > I'm about to start doing a day a week at my kids school to help them with > their ICT program and I'm interested to hear the experiences of anyone using > LiveCode in that environment. I'm thinking in terms of: > - providing tools for teachers. > - eLearning for young kids. > - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). > - providing tools for parents or school/parent communication > > Cheers > > -- > Monte Goulding > M E R Goulding Software Development > Bespoke application development for vertical markets > > InstallGadget - How to create an installer in 10 seconds > revObjective - Making behavior scripts behave > > ___ > use-revolution mailing list > use-revolution@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
LiveCode in K-6 school environment
Hi I'm about to start doing a day a week at my kids school to help them with their ICT program and I'm interested to hear the experiences of anyone using LiveCode in that environment. I'm thinking in terms of: - providing tools for teachers. - eLearning for young kids. - Starting programming for older kids (9 or 10 year olds). - providing tools for parents or school/parent communication Cheers -- Monte Goulding M E R Goulding Software Development Bespoke application development for vertical markets InstallGadget - How to create an installer in 10 seconds revObjective - Making behavior scripts behave ___ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
