[aklug] Re: Getting kids into programming...

From: Bruce Hill <bruce@slackwarebox.com>
Date: Fri Jul 02 2010 - 14:29:36 AKDT

On Fri, Jul 02, 2010 at 02:23:39PM -0800, Arthur Corliss wrote:
> Guys:
>
> Came across this link on LWN:
>
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/programming-scratch
>
> It's a GUI-based development environment for a programming language called
> Scratch, specifically designed for kids. You basically program by
> connecting instruction pieces together which, like a puzzle, can only
> connect if they make semantic sense.
>
> MIT host's a Scratch Web Community with 1.1 million projects already
> available for download. The article author created a simple Pong game in an
> hour, and some have even done 3D flight combat simulators.
>
> Very cool. So much for Logo... <sniff>
>
> --Arthur Corliss
> Live Free or Die

Is that a good place to start for a 51-year old who hasn't even learned bash?

Will give my 9-year old the link.

Bruce

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