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Is there a link to this Karel the Robot exercise or is it a hand out? We're in the amidst of creating something complimentary (different too) to Codecademy cal

Is there a link to this Karel the Robot exercise or is it a hand out? We're in the amidst of creating something complimentary (different too) to Codecademy called http://CodePupil.com http://CodePupil.com. We're eager to see different styles of teaching; especially examples where gaming is used! As noted in the OP's article creating a new experience and especially one that teaches all the Elizabeth's how to code is a big challenge. We've been asking our friends like Elizabeths to test and then we reiterate. Also we've found Mechanical Turk to be helpful in re: to user testing feedback. There seems to be a lot of Liz's there.

diwank 15y ago
I too tried my hand at it in a side project: iheartpy.com See if there's anything you find useful in it. Although, I think this comment needs to be someplace else.
- paul9290 15y ago
  Checked out iheartpy. Nice and interesting UI! THough I wonder it asked me to sign in using my Google account. Is there an option to use the site further without signing in?
  - diwank 15y ago
    The application would have access to see your email address i.e. <paul's-id>@gmail.com The app uses it to send a welcome message to users. Unfortunately that's the default minimum permission set granted by App Engine Users API. Further, I promise not to be evil: iheartpy.com/privacy.txt Feel free to write to me for any feedback and/ or help. diwank@iheartpy.com
- spiralganglion 15y ago
  Whoa! Try zooming on the page (command+/- or control+/-). It's like watching a caterpillar walk.
natasham25 15y ago
I highly recommend you check out all the exercise for the Stanford course: http://see.stanford.edu/see/materials/icspmcs106a/assignments.aspx http://see.stanford.edu/see/materials/icspmcs106a/assignment... (the ones at the bottom, not the top). The reason the class was so much fun was because we got to make Breakout, Hangman, Yahtzee, and ended by creating a simple version of Facebook.
larrys 15y ago
I think this what you are looking for: http://www.cs.mtsu.edu/~untch/karel/ http://www.cs.mtsu.edu/~untch/karel/

diwank 15y ago

I too tried my hand at it in a side project: iheartpy.com See if there's anything you find useful in it. Although, I think this comment needs to be someplace else.

paul9290 15y ago
Checked out iheartpy. Nice and interesting UI! THough I wonder it asked me to sign in using my Google account. Is there an option to use the site further without signing in?
- diwank 15y ago
  The application would have access to see your email address i.e. <paul's-id>@gmail.com The app uses it to send a welcome message to users. Unfortunately that's the default minimum permission set granted by App Engine Users API. Further, I promise not to be evil: iheartpy.com/privacy.txt Feel free to write to me for any feedback and/ or help. diwank@iheartpy.com
spiralganglion 15y ago
Whoa! Try zooming on the page (command+/- or control+/-). It's like watching a caterpillar walk.

natasham25 15y ago

I highly recommend you check out all the exercise for the Stanford course: http://see.stanford.edu/see/materials/icspmcs106a/assignments.aspx http://see.stanford.edu/see/materials/icspmcs106a/assignment... (the ones at the bottom, not the top). The reason the class was so much fun was because we got to make Breakout, Hangman, Yahtzee, and ended by creating a simple version of Facebook.

larrys 15y ago

I think this what you are looking for: http://www.cs.mtsu.edu/~untch/karel/ http://www.cs.mtsu.edu/~untch/karel/