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The beauty of Scratch and other similar tools is that instead of the teacher asking questions, the child learns to ask their own questions. If you are interest
by wallflower 10y ago
The beauty of Scratch and other similar tools is that instead of the teacher asking questions, the child learns to ask their own questions.
If you are interested in learning more about this mindset, you should read Mindstorms by Seymour Papert (RIP).
https://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerful-Ideas/dp/0465046746 https://www.amazon.com/Mindstorms-Children-Computers-Powerfu...
Scratch can be a "gateway drug" to languages that professional programmers use. The extensions/abstractions of Scratch from Berkeley that deal with making it do complicated things seem like putting a fish on a bicycle. Sometimes, you just have to leap and try to not fall.
- homarp 10y agoMindstorms first edition is now freely available: http://mindstorms.media.mit.edu/ http://mindstorms.media.mit.edu/
- wallflower 9y agoThank you!
- tonydiv 10y agoYou are so right! There is a significant movement in the education industry to move toward "Project Based Learning." Papert is one of the founders as I'm sure you know. Here's a book I recommend if you're interested in learning more about this subject too: https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Learning-Progressive-Education-Americas/dp/0393246167 https://www.amazon.com/Loving-Learning-Progressive-Education... I have been inspired by Papert/Little when building my curriculum to teach kids to code: http://block.school http://block.school . Would love to hear what you think :)