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When I was in elementary school in the 80s, someone in our district retrofit a school bus with two rows of computers running along the sides. The bus would trav
by kilbuz 6y ago
When I was in elementary school in the 80s, someone in our district retrofit a school bus with two rows of computers running along the sides. The bus would travel to each school in the district once a month or so. We would all walk out to the parking lot, board the bus, and use Logo. It was probably the first exposure to a computer most of the kids in my class had, and I have never forgotten it.
- onemoresoop 6y agoWow, that was cool. My first exposure to programing was also logo, back in the 80s, back in eastern europe. It was in the form of an afterschool program my father found out about. I loved it. Then when first dabbling in basic my first instinct was to try to draw with it. I think theres something inherently good about computer drawing that attracts kids to computers at early ages, before they are capable of developing interest for abstract ideas and problem solving. For older kids who want to learn programming I definitely recommend starting with Racket. It comes with cool libraries and small games can be built very creatively. Plus a lot more.
- DonHopkins 6y agoA Logomobile! https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Bus-Window-Sticker-Decal/dp/B013F0JQYM https://www.amazon.com/Turtle-Bus-Window-Sticker-Decal/dp/B0... Could they program the computers inside the bus to drive it around, like Robot Odyssey? ;) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robot_Odyssey https://slate.com/technology/2014/01/robot-odyssey-the-hardest-computer-game-of-all-time.html https://slate.com/technology/2014/01/robot-odyssey-the-harde... https://www.robotodyssey.online/ https://www.robotodyssey.online/ I suppose there could be a downside to that: https://www.vaildaily.com/news/photos-turtle-bus-rescued-by-crane/ https://www.vaildaily.com/news/photos-turtle-bus-rescued-by-...