Arcadia Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 The website has a nice consolidation of links to computer programming for kids of all ages The news link if anyone is interested is here and here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erica in OR Posted February 26, 2013 Share Posted February 26, 2013 Thanks for the info! Looks interesting. Erica in OR Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SunnyDays Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Someone actually shared a short video on FB tonight, it's the one on the homepage of this website: www.code.org It's a great message: essentially that *everyone* needs to have computer skills and learn the basics of coding because more and more, it will be required in all fields of employment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lillybell Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Really cool, looks great. Definitely going to have my kids learn this. Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CupOCoffee Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Thanks for sharing! I have these all bookmarked on their own, but so nice to have them at one place. Ds is going to start Code Academy any day now! ~coffee~ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stellalarella Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 Thank you. The links are appreciated--we were needing something to learn Python for the Raspberry Pi. My 14yo is also using this free download tutorial to learn C++. The tutorial is pretty straightforward. Read and go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nscribe Posted February 27, 2013 Share Posted February 27, 2013 TY! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C_l_e_0..Q_c Posted March 8, 2013 Share Posted March 8, 2013 Love the video... And the Raspberry Pi is proving to be a challenge. It's been 15 years since I last used Unix in any shape Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macpuffins Posted March 10, 2013 Share Posted March 10, 2013 It's been 15 years since I last used Unix in any shape Glad I'm not the only one noticing the challenge when it has been a time since the previous use. But I suspect that much of it will fall back into place, as some things have done in the past. I find the more we do the 'fall into place because it has already been a learned skill' in front of our children, the more we can impress upon them that learning a skill in advance of actually needing it really DOES make a difference later on, even if the skill needs significant work to refresh! :) :) I've even used the "No, you don't need it now, and might never need it. But if you do, having learned it easily now will make refreshing the skill a whole lot easier later." In response to "Well then I'll learn it later!" argument, I've used "Yeah, that doesn't work so well in adults. Learning it at your age is a piece of cake. So why not learn it while it is easy? I'd rather re-learn a skill I've had in the past than try to learn it from scratch and be frustrated!" It did work a couple times, w/ the children of friends, and nephews. I've yet to have occasion to test it w/ my own child. I suspect after one application of this reality in one of her parents, she'll catch on - she's pretty good like that! :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadia Posted March 10, 2013 Author Share Posted March 10, 2013 It's been 15 years since I last used Unix in any shape The forum is running on an Apache web server. Saw that when I made a typing mistake on the url and the Apache message came up. So we are all endusers of Unix Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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