Randy Pausch helped create Alice, which is a bit like a modern Logo or Mindstorms - helps you create 3d animations and various other cool stuff, while teaching

Randy Pausch helped create Alice, which is a bit like a modern Logo or Mindstorms - helps you create 3d animations and various other cool stuff, while teaching Java syntax. http://alice.org/ http://alice.org/ (and if you haven't seen it yet, Randy's last lecture is amazing... http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/ http://www.cmu.edu/randyslecture/ )