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Scratch is starting to take off. It is a pretty powerful paradigm not just because of its visual nature, but also because of the ease with witch you can "play"
by magicseth 16y ago
Scratch is starting to take off. It is a pretty powerful paradigm not just because of its visual nature, but also because of the ease with witch you can "play" with your code, and see, in real time, the results. Here is an example used for design: http://designblocks.net/ http://designblocks.net/ .
Taking the fear out of programming, making it tinkerable, is hugely valuable. Not to mention the emphasis on creation and story telling that it is designed for. Breaking it out into the real world is a wonderful way to make the computer more than just software.
- wiredfool 16y agoScratch seems to be a good starting place for programming. I started my 6yr old on it over christmas, and he was making som progress making the onscreen stuff do what he wanted. It was great to see the light go on that he could make the computer do what he wanted it to do. (now, to get his ui better than click, and hit the keys z x c v in order)
- Shooter 16y agoI hadn't actually looked at Scratch in detail before...it reminds me strongly of iShell (multimedia authoring platform), which grew out of some Apple tech.