Question for computer science majors/ multimedia enthusiasts

geomom
Sat, 19 May 2007 16:25:19 +0000

Thanks for the ideas. I had never heard of Scratch.

Actually, I know that most 5th-6th graders won’t get programming, because we tried doing robotics last summer, and except for Matt, the only kids that had much success with the Lego robotics language were middle-school age.

But, if they can have some fun and success with some simple stuff, and get their hands on some hardware, then when they are ready to program, Matt will have a peer group.

So I realize I’m trying to ask two questions at once: what is a fun way to get 10 year olds into computers (his friends), and how can he keep learning. By the way, he learned C++ from “C++ Without Fear” by Brian Overland. I’m going to buy Thinking in Java for him - thanks for the suggestion!