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Depending on their age, for young kids best results I've had are Pi's (or old/cheap pc's) that boot straight into scratch. Far better results than an intimidati
by Slimbo 8y ago
Depending on their age, for young kids best results I've had are Pi's (or old/cheap pc's) that boot straight into scratch. Far better results than an intimidating command prompt.
https://scratch.mit.edu/ https://scratch.mit.edu/
Alternatively Pi's (or old/cheap pc's) that boot straight into Minecraft Eduction Edition:
https://education.minecraft.net https://education.minecraft.net
This has paths for the very young in minecraft itself to older kids using ide's.
- martin1b 8y agoI second this. My kids love scratch. It shows them event driven programming with quick returns. The can also share their apps and download others so they can download and modify.
- d_runs_far 8y agoHow old are the kids? Mine is just turning 5, and I've been looking at this as an option, but as many have said, I don't want to feel like I'm 'forcing' the tech learning on him.
- Slimbo 8y agoScratch is good from around age 8 to 14 or so, depending on their ability. Most kids don't even know they're learning, scratch is really fun. Coder Dojo has some great lessons, eg this one to make your own version of plants v zombies: http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Scratch_Plants_vs_Zombies http://kata.coderdojo.com/wiki/Scratch_Plants_vs_Zombies
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- meehow 8y agoIt's actually very easy to setup "boot to scratch" in raspi-config: https://geek-university.com/wp-content/images/raspberry-pi/boot_behaviour_raspbian.jpg https://geek-university.com/wp-content/images/raspberry-pi/b...