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BJ replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"Well, with middle school students I've used FMS Logo and they did alright with that. I've also used Squeak Etoys with them and it worked. But I don't know if those are as accessible to 8 year olds."
Mar 24, 2010
Justin Eames replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"Have you found a good version of Logo to use with your students?"
Mar 24, 2010
Matt Perreault replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"Scratch is amazing I've been using it in my middle school IT classes for the past 3 years. It's a fully drag and drop interface so students can learn through exploration. Here is a game one of my grade 7 girls created this…"
Mar 21, 2010
BJ replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"I would love to introduce them to Python. Thanks for the suggestions!"
Mar 20, 2010
Amit replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"Hi Dale, we will like to know more about your scratch club. pl send me a msg if possible. rgds amit"
Mar 20, 2010
David Kapuler replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"Alice Story telling, easier then scratch free too for PC... http://www.alice.org/kelleher/storytelling/ Here is an example... http://cyber-kap.blogspot.com/2009/02/alice-storytelling.html"
Mar 17, 2010
Dale Ehrhart replied to BJ's discussion Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
"I've used scratch a lot and I love. Last winter/spring I ran an afterschool scratch club and this summer I'm teaching a pair summer camps. 3rd graders could do stuff like this (Hopefully it works) Shapeshifter"
Mar 17, 2010
BJ posted a discussion

Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?

Hey all, I'm evaluating several different programming environments for some inquisitive third graders of average academic performance. They're not geniuses, just curious!So far I've examined:Squeak EtoysScratchLOGODoes anyone have any other suggestions and/or thoughts about it?Thanks!See More
Mar 17, 2010

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At 8:20pm on January 28, 2009, Jack said…
Hi BJ. I was wondering if your students would be interested in participating in a nationwide SAT Vocab Video Contest @ MIT university. Perhaps you have some educator contacts you could direct me to. You can view contest details at BrainyFlix.com Please let me know. Thanks!
At 7:27am on September 2, 2007, Elise Mueller said…
Hi Brian!
It was great to see you at Larrabee, and now in Classroom 2.0. You mentioned setting up a ning site for your TOSA project this year. Can't wait to see it.
 
 
 

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