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This is a great article. Learning to code a little and do some simple programming is something my own daughter wants to tackle this summer. I'm not the world's
by kellishaver 14y ago
This is a great article. Learning to code a little and do some simple programming is something my own daughter wants to tackle this summer. I'm not the world's most patient person, so I've been a little intimidated about the idea of teaching programming to a 10yr old, but it is something we are going to tackle.
I'm curious as to how other parents have gone about this. I was considering some kind of pair programming environment and possibly beginning Ruby or some basic HTML/CSS/JavaScript. I feel like either would be easy to get into, but the more fragmented nature of the latter would make things more confusing (having to learn 3 technologies instead of one language).
- mark_integerdsv 14y agoI have been wondering the same thing... What is today's equivalent of Logo? EDIT: these are the droids... http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/forward-40-wher/ http://m.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/10/forward-40-wher/ ...thanks for spurring me on to find this!
- kellishaver 14y agoScratch may be worth looking into: http://scratch.mit.edu/ http://scratch.mit.edu/ I've also considered this beginning Python book: http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Beginners/dp/1933988495 http://www.amazon.com/Hello-World-Computer-Programming-Begin... My daughter seemed kind of "meh" on Scratch, but still interested in learning to program. I think she sees me spending most of my day working within an editor or the command line and the highly graphical authoring environment of Scratch doesn't fit the idea she's got in her head of what "real" programming should be. I'm not sure if I should correct her or embrace the fact that she wants to learn "the hard way."