tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post2916848848367877173..comments2023-07-10T07:12:16.641-04:00Comments on The Female Perspective of Computer Science: Kodu: Programming Made FunGail Carmichaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-51659813610578640202009-07-27T16:45:23.667-04:002009-07-27T16:45:23.667-04:00Awesome, thanks - added it to my list! :)Awesome, thanks - added it to my list! :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-31117531732279624042009-07-27T16:41:00.129-04:002009-07-27T16:41:00.129-04:00Gail: Another entry-level/teaching/fun programmin...Gail: Another entry-level/teaching/fun programming language that I have seen before is Phrogram at phrogram.com. I believe it used to be called KPL (Kid's Programming Language). I have never tried it myself, but it looks pretty interesting.Greg & Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06929136955696762288noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-14341539966216061132009-07-22T10:48:57.057-04:002009-07-22T10:48:57.057-04:00Cool! I'll definitely add Scratch to my list. ...Cool! I'll definitely add Scratch to my list. Anyone else have some interesting games to help kids learn programming? Would love to hear about it!Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-8611170307282864072009-07-22T10:43:15.819-04:002009-07-22T10:43:15.819-04:00Have a look at Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/
Lo...Have a look at Scratch http://scratch.mit.edu/<br /><br />Looking forward to trying Kodo.prosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00489947941008006282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-46219614499376083722009-07-20T16:53:43.363-04:002009-07-20T16:53:43.363-04:00John: Ok, that would DEFINITELY be a lot more cool...John: Ok, that would DEFINITELY be a lot more cool than the program I saw when I was a kid! :)Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-42028615913917840612009-07-20T16:02:16.460-04:002009-07-20T16:02:16.460-04:00Logo was a lot more than a triangle on a screen, a...Logo was a lot more than a triangle on a screen, at least if you were in an English school. They had robots that plugged into the BBC computers, and would wonder round the floor drawing the patterns you told them to. great fun when you were 8. :)john chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12943226606531593187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-72584288793071067482009-07-20T11:41:13.121-04:002009-07-20T11:41:13.121-04:00Thanks for the comment Alfred! You make the game s...Thanks for the comment Alfred! You make the game sound even more exciting! :)<br /><br />My guess is that no kid could magically learn to program after playing Kodu, but I think they will be able to look back and think, 'hmm, this seems to relate to this thing I could do in that game' when they formally learn to program. Even having that connection in their minds will probably make the experience more comfortable (at least, I know it would for me!).<br /><br />I'll check out those demo videos for sure. I think I really should pick up a copy!Gail Carmichaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14173555781667297996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1685560256628587439.post-80513749317210840722009-07-20T11:37:03.375-04:002009-07-20T11:37:03.375-04:00I've been using Kodu for a while now and have ...I've been using Kodu for a while now and have shown it to a number of educators and actual children. Kids seem to grasp it with amazing speed and in 20 minutes know more about it and can do more with it than I can after hours. It has been play tested with many young people both at Microsoft and through some Kodu Clubs (http://koduclub.org/default.aspx for one). It does get their attention.<br />They can learn a lot of the concepts of computer science through playing with Kodu. It remains to be seen how that translates to moving forward into "real" programming but I think at the very least it will promote interest in computer science and that is a big part of the problem of getting students into the field.<br />There are a number of video demos available BTW. The one I did is at http://blogs.msdn.com/alfredth/archive/2009/07/13/kodu-demo-programming-for-little-kids.aspxAlfred Thompsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05575057876858763822noreply@blogger.com