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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 12:08 PM

    um...

    roadknight, you couldn't have read many. Squeak and Logo have been mentioned several times.

    So was LambdaMOO. And lots of other good suggestions...

    Mathematica would be another possibility, if only it were free - an ideal teaching language which could cover the needs of several parts of a school curriculum. The notebook presentation format is a perfect medium for introducing the concept of computer-created graphics, sound and animation.

    Come to think of it I'm surprised Wolfram Research isn't already in the K-12 space.

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