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I taught a group of 9-12 year old basic logic and algorithms using Scratch to animate a scene. One kid wrote a basic brick breaker and another pong. They all s
by bearble 10y ago
I taught a group of 9-12 year old basic logic and algorithms using Scratch to animate a scene.
One kid wrote a basic brick breaker and another pong.
They all seemed to enjoy the process since it's pretty straight forward drag/drop logic.
https://scratch.mit.edu/ https://scratch.mit.edu/
- obombration 10y agoAgreed. I taught a CS club to 4th and 5th graders during college and they all loved Scratch. It's very easy to get going with audio, images, animation, etc., which got them really interested quickly. Even for older (middle school aged) kids I'd probably start with Scratch because it teaches most of the CS concepts you'd use in any other language, but doesn't require the tedious environment setup (editor, compiler/interpreter, etc.) that "real" languages need. Spark their interest using the concepts, then sprinkle in the boring parts.