On 15 Sep 2011, at 21:54, alex wrote:
> On 15 September 2011 18:50, thor <th.list_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>> Been quiet here for a while. I'm at ISEA and yesterday night I met
>> Sander Veenhof who told me about his Softwareblocks project:
>>
>> http://www.sndrv.nl/softwareblocks/
>
> Wow has he tried any prototypes?
Yes, he's tried it and will send me a video when he's recorded one,
but he mentioned that lots of people he presented the idea to were
sceptical that it would be a good idea to teach so young kids programming.
Any comments? What would be the benefits or potential dangers?
>> Do people know of other programming environments for (young) kids?
>
> My 3 year old son enjoys programming these bees at his preschool:
> http://www.tts-group.co.uk/shops/tts/Products/PD1723538/Bee-Bot-Floor-Robot/?rguid=92b201eb-0c85-4e38-a297-35932cbc56b6
This looks quite nice. For that price, it better not break in the first week like
much of the plastic stuff nowadays. Have you tried one?
Received on Thu Sep 15 2011 - 19:51:04 BST