Comments on: Teaching Kids Computer Skills and Programming http://nathan.torkington.com/blog/2008/05/11/teaching-kids-computer-skills-and-programming/ FMTYEWTK about stuff and things Tue, 09 Mar 2010 04:53:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: kidslike.info http://nathan.torkington.com/blog/2008/05/11/teaching-kids-computer-skills-and-programming/comment-page-1/#comment-29 kidslike.info Tue, 19 Aug 2008 17:40:23 +0000 http://nathan.torkington.com/blog/2008/05/11/teaching-kids-computer-skills-and-programming/#comment-29 Hi Nathan, I agree that Scratch is great. I've always been impressed by the fact that it's used to teach programming at Harvard. Here is a list of the best resources for teaching Scratch http://www.kidslike.info/scratch_computer_programming_tutorials However, Scratch has severe limitations, most importantly not teaching functions. This encyclopedia article on kids like . info compares Scratch, Alice, and Greenfoot. To me, they make a logical progression. http://www.kidslike.info/computer_programming_educational_programming_languages Hi Nathan,
I agree that Scratch is great. I’ve always been impressed by the fact that it’s used to teach programming at Harvard.

Here is a list of the best resources for teaching Scratch http://www.kidslike.info/scratch_computer_programming_tutorials

However, Scratch has severe limitations, most
importantly not teaching functions.

This encyclopedia article on kids like . info compares Scratch, Alice, and Greenfoot. To me, they make a logical progression.
http://www.kidslike.info/computer_programming_educational_programming_languages

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