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Very cool idea. I've often thought this approach would work best for teaching kids programming. Instead of "Chapter 1: Strings" present programming bit-by-bit a
by harryf 9y ago
Very cool idea. I've often thought this approach would work best for teaching kids programming. Instead of "Chapter 1: Strings" present programming bit-by-bit as a mystery (detective or spy) story - you need to write simple bits of code to proceed to the next step
BTW have you looked at tools like http://twinery.org/ http://twinery.org/ ? I might help you organise the content (although perhaps not with random ordering)
- rumcajz 9y agoThanks. I'll take a look.
- bitwize 9y agoBack in the day there was a kids' book called I believe Chip Rogers: Computer Whiz. The kids in the book were amateur detectives with computing as a hobby. One of them, the titular Chip Rogers, would write a BASIC program -- the text of which is in the book -- to analyze the clues and logically deduce the culprit of the crime. You could keep reading, or enter the program yourself to solve the mystery before the protagonists do.
- infinite8s 9y agoI loved that book! I didn't have a computer as a kid so I'd execute the BASIC on a piece of paper!