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Lrobustwhen on 24/06/2020 - 22:49 codakid.com (137 clicks)
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Have started my two kids to code in the games and not just play them. They love it. Roblox and Minecraft courses especially.

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  • mikewall38 on 24/06/2020 - 23:08

    Any age restrictions or recommendations for young kids?

    • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:33
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      recommendations for young kids?

      https://scratch.mit.edu/ideas

      and it's free…

      • blackfrancis75 on 24/06/2020 - 23:40
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        Scratch is really just like the old Adobe Flash IDE - I wouldn't call it programming. Codakid seems to go much deeper

        • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:42

          Scratch is really just like the old Adobe Flash IDE

          Scratch doesn't use flash, it's all in HTML

          I wouldn't call it programming.

          Why not?

          • blackfrancis75 on 24/06/2020 - 23:43
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            @jv:

            Scratch doesn't use flash, it's all in HTML

            I didn't say it used Flash

            • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:45

              @blackfrancis75:

              I didn't say it used Flash

              You did say it's not programming though.

              • blackfrancis75 on 24/06/2020 - 23:47

                @jv: yes I did. Scratch is fun for creating animations, but Codakid has a much wider set of goals and applicability, and can teach a variety of real world scripting and Object Oriented languages.

                https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_s8MsCWkrR8

                • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:48
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                  @blackfrancis75:

                  yes I did. Scratch is fun for creating animations

                  so this is an animation and not programming ???

                • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:49

                  @blackfrancis75:

                  real world scripting and Object Oriented languages.

                  did you read the comment I was replying to?

                  • blackfrancis75 on 24/06/2020 - 23:53
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                    @jv: Did you read that both Scratch and Codakid have recommended age ranges from 8 and up?

                    • jv on 24/06/2020 - 23:55

                      @blackfrancis75: Scratch can easily be used by 6 year olds. My kids have been using it at school for a few years now.
                      They don't need to know about object oriented programming.

                      I've played around with it for a bit and I'm a lot older than 8.

                      • WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 25/06/2020 - 00:03

                        @jv:

                        I'm a lot older than 8.

                        This another one of your jokes 😂?

                      • blackfrancis75 on 25/06/2020 - 00:07

                        @jv: OO isn't that hard for kids to get their heads around, and the younger the better. That said, I'm sure Codakid doesn't expect them to learn it from the very start either.

                        • jv on 25/06/2020 - 00:09
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                          @blackfrancis75:

                          OO isn't that hard for kids to get their heads around

                          It is when they're in primary schools.

                          Learning how to use conditional statements, loops, branching, variables… That's plenty for them to get a good foundation in programming when they're that young. Many then move onto languages like python. Most primary schools and early high school years only teach Scratch.

                          • blackfrancis75 on 25/06/2020 - 00:11
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                            @jv:

                            It is when they're in primary schools.

                            Agree to disagree

                            Most primary schools and early high school years only teach Scratch.

                            yes. Because as you pointed out - it's free

                            • jv on 25/06/2020 - 00:12
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                              @blackfrancis75:

                              yes. Because as you pointed out - it's free

                              That's right. No need to pay for another platform.

                              Scratch has been created and funded by MIT and is by far the best platform for primary school kids to learn the fundamentals of programming. You should try it.

                              • blackfrancis75 on 25/06/2020 - 01:20

                                @jv: yeah, we had great fun making animations

                                • jv on 25/06/2020 - 10:02

                                  @blackfrancis75:

                                  we had great fun making animations

                                  I guess you didn't look at the code in the link I posted.

  • Japius on 25/06/2020 - 06:39
    +2

    Thanks op, exactly what I was looking for

    Having the specific tie in to minecraft, roblox etc will make it more appealing for a lot of kids than some of the alternatives out there, a great way to get them started IMO

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