[TriLUG] Teaching Kids to Program

[Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG]

I have actually been looking at that exact book, and there is a kindle
edition of it.  They all have kindles.

Also in a quick google I found kturtle for a logo implementation.

Ken

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:50 AM, Scott Suehle <ssuehle at gmail.com> wrote:

> Python - No Starch Press makes a great bunch of books aimed at kids.
> Scratch - Look for the Super Scratch book
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 10:45 AM Ken MacKenzie via TriLUG <
> trilug at trilug.org> wrote:
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>> So if you were going to teach your kids some starter programming, what
>> language and/or ide would you use?
>>
>> The oldest 2 *ages 9 and 10 are the two I am targeting at the moment.  And
>> before anyone gets into the ide or not to ide thing, the reason I mention
>> that is even though I am a person who will still do a web page in vim I do
>> appreciate what an ide for creating a GUI can bring to the table,
>> especially when learning.
>>
>> So for languages that offer good starting points I was thinking one of the
>> following:
>>
>> FreeBasic
>> Logo (I am assuming there has to be some Logo implementation on Linux)
>> Python
>> Golang (probably not a good first choice but I do a lot in Go lately so we
>> can "learn together"
>>
>> I think I am leaning towards python, I think one of the things that makes
>> me lean towards that is libraries like pygame which I think if they take
>> to
>> this will be right up their alley.
>>
>> If it matters the computer's in question are running either Mint 17 or
>> Debian Jessie.  I am kind of halfway between the migration of moving Mint
>> out in favor of Jessie in the house.
>>
>> Ken
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