"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."
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Programming for 8- and 9-year-olds?
Started this discussion. Last reply by BJ Mar 24, 2010. 7 Replies 0 Likes
"Open", "Public", online collaboration service needed for curriculum development. Suggestions?
Started this discussion. Last reply by Peggy Sheehy Mar 3, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes
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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?"
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…"
"I would love to introduce them to Python. Thanks for the suggestions!"
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"
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"
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"
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
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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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