http://learningcomputation.com/blog/2007/12/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out.html There exist problems, intractable to decide, yet easy to check. Fri, 07 May 2010 22:25:51 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 http://learningcomputation.com/blog/2007/12/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-84 mathmom Tue, 01 Jan 2008 20:02:01 +0000 http://learningcomputation.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out-the-year#comment-84 That's great about your daughter, Kurt. Some other languages she might enjoy are < HREF="http://www.stagecast.com/" REL="nofollow">Stagecast Creator<>, < HREF="http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/" REL="nofollow">GameMaker <>(if she wants to make games), and < HREF="http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/" REL="nofollow">Kids Programming Language (KPL)<>The latter is a more traditional text-based programming language, as compared to Stagecast and Gamemaker, which have graphical interfaces.Stagecast and GameMaker should be within reach of an interested 10yo (my now 11yo started on Stagecast at around 9yo I think, and my 6yo started one of the GameMaker tutorials with the 14yo's help, though he's clearly not ready to use it on his own). KPL I'd consider as a "next step" perhaps.Good luck to your daughter. That’s great about your daughter, Kurt. Some other languages she might enjoy are < HREF="http://www.stagecast.com/" REL="nofollow">Stagecast Creator<>, < HREF="http://www.yoyogames.com/gamemaker/" REL="nofollow">GameMaker <>(if she wants to make games), and < HREF="http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/" REL="nofollow">Kids Programming Language (KPL)<>The latter is a more traditional text-based programming language, as compared to Stagecast and Gamemaker, which have graphical interfaces.Stagecast and GameMaker should be within reach of an interested 10yo (my now 11yo started on Stagecast at around 9yo I think, and my 6yo started one of the GameMaker tutorials with the 14yo’s help, though he’s clearly not ready to use it on his own). KPL I’d consider as a “next step” perhaps.Good luck to your daughter.

]]> http://learningcomputation.com/blog/2007/12/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-85 Kurt Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:48:03 +0000 http://learningcomputation.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out-the-year#comment-85 Thanks for the heads-up, mathmom. I got the impression from the Alice website that Alice 2.0 wasn't being very actively maintained, but perhaps that's because resources are being focused on developing Alice 3 and the partnership with Electronic Arts.In any event, even if Alice is best regarded as just a 'toy' language, it still looks like a neat learning tool. I was surprised that my daughter (who is only 10) decided on her own that she wanted to try learning it. Thanks for the heads-up, mathmom. I got the impression from the Alice website that Alice 2.0 wasn’t being very actively maintained, but perhaps that’s because resources are being focused on developing Alice 3 and the partnership with Electronic Arts.In any event, even if Alice is best regarded as just a ‘toy’ language, it still looks like a neat learning tool. I was surprised that my daughter (who is only 10) decided on her own that she wanted to try learning it.

]]> http://learningcomputation.com/blog/2007/12/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out.html/comment-page-1#comment-86 mathmom Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:31:26 +0000 http://learningcomputation.wordpress.com/2007/12/31/some-inspirational-videos-to-close-out-the-year#comment-86 For what it's worth, my 14yo son learned Alice at school, but quickly ran into issues when he tried to use it for other programs at home. We found that Alice is an object-based language, but < HREF="http://www.dickbaldwin.com/alice/Alice0920.htm" REL="nofollow">lacks some important features<> of a true object-oriented programming language. My son was quickly frustrated by his inability to make it do what he wanted (mainly in the context of game development), and moved on to other languages. For what it’s worth, my 14yo son learned Alice at school, but quickly ran into issues when he tried to use it for other programs at home. We found that Alice is an object-based language, but < HREF="http://www.dickbaldwin.com/alice/Alice0920.htm" REL="nofollow">lacks some important features<> of a true object-oriented programming language. My son was quickly frustrated by his inability to make it do what he wanted (mainly in the context of game development), and moved on to other languages.

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