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Re: [school-discuss] Good programming language to teach an 8yr old
> What's a good, kid-friendly language for today's kids to use (on Linux,
> of course!)?
Not sure if this is the best language but its a fun language for young ones
to learn -- my 8 year old has liked writing programs with it.
http://www.rapideuphoria.com
Good luck and kudo's to you!
Lori Nicholson
Computer Technology and Information Systems
Wayne State College
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On Friday 19 March 2004 1:38 pm, Bill Kendrick wrote:
> What's a good, kid-friendly language for today's kids to use (on Linux,
> of course!)?
I believe there is a version of logo out there for linux.
http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue43/silva.logo.html
And while java is on the AP exam last I heard, Perl is available everywhere
(but what would an 8 yr old want to do with it?).
Anyway, logo has some nifty features that easily bridge to object-oriented
programming and one can do cool stuff with recursion.
I've taught microworlds logo (mac/PC) to k-12 teachers so i've seen a wide
range of things.
Also check out star-logo or net-logo, which can have thousands of tutles
-- a
distributed paradigm.
http://education.mit.edu/starlogo/
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