[TriZPUG] Blockly

[Vinod Kurup]

On Thu, Sep 4, 2014 at 7:14 PM, Chris Calloway <cbc at unc.edu> wrote:

> Thanks. I'm looking at it from the perspective of what might fit kids'
> heads at what age range. These building block programming tricks are
> usually aimed at 8-11 years old, I think. I think what I liked least about
> Blockly is that it throws Javascript source at kids after they build
> blocks, as if Javascript is a good choice for exposing to that age range.
> Maybe I'm underestimating kids. But we choose blocks for the limited
> dependency on language skills development and then expect the same kids to
> match up curly braces. :)


​My son is 7 and we went through a a few of the lessons. I also found the
JS code blocks a little strange. The actual activities (so far) were pretty
easy for him, but understanding the JS was a bit beyond him. I also agree
that Scratch is way more flexible, but sometimes it's nice to have
something structured like this, otherwise he gets lost about what to do.
Thanks for passing on the link!​

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Vinod Kurup, MD
vinod at kurup.com
http://kurup.org
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