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Thursday, September 14, 2006 12:00 AM

Why Johnny can't code

BASIC used to be on every computer a child touched -- but today there's no easy way for kids to get hooked on programming.
By David Brin

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  • Thursday, September 14, 2006 05:42 AM

    Rlogo

    I agree with many things Mr Brin is saying.

    My solution was to teach my kid rlogo using this site:

    http://embry.epcs.com/rLogo/

    —Anon

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