I run a 3D Dojo in Belfast every Saturday morning. We primarily use Blender because of its availability to the students. The class is delivered to the kids by the kids. I've had kids as old as 11 teach the class. A few of them are making games, primarily first person shooters in Unity 3D.
Scratch is probably the most common platform out there for teaching but whatever you do, do not underestimate their abilities. ;) On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:00 PM, Ognjen Vukovic <[email protected]> wrote: > Rob that seems quite cool for young children to get into programing. > > > On Mon, Aug 26, 2013 at 2:57 PM, Rob Wuijster <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Paul, >> >> I recently came across this: >> http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/kodu/ >> http://fuse.microsoft.com/projects/kodu >> >> Apparently from 8 and up.... >> >> Rob >> >> \/-------------\/----------------\/ >> >> On 26-8-2013 14:47, Paul Griswold wrote: >> >> >> My 10 year old daughter has expressed an interest in making her own >> games. As a typical 10 year old she doesn't have the patience to sit and >> type code out of a book to make a tic-tac-toe game. I think she's still at >> the age where she needs to see more immediate (and cool) results. >> >> So, does anyone know of any online, kid-friendly, game building apps >> that might at least teach her some basic concepts? >> >> The one I'm leaning towards is Scratch, but there are just hundreds of >> other options out there and I have no idea what's good and what sucks. >> >> Anyone have a favorite they'd recommend? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Paul >> >> P.S. if it makes any difference, her favorite game is Minecraft. >> >> No virus found in this message. >> Checked by AVG - www.avg.com >> Version: 2013.0.3392 / Virus Database: 3211/6607 - Release Date: 08/25/13 >> >> >> > -- *Greg Maguire* | Inlifesize Mobile: +44 7512 361462 | Phone: +44 2890 204739 [email protected] | www.inlifesize.com
