Date: Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:04:55 +0000 From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk> To: "b. f." <bf1783@googlemail.com> Cc: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: freebsd for children Message-ID: <20091225150455.GA81402@mech-cluster241.men.bris.ac.uk> In-Reply-To: <d873d5be0912250518i6a33cabq4f527f01c0eefba7@mail.gmail.com> References: <d873d5be0912250518i6a33cabq4f527f01c0eefba7@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, Dec 25, 2009 at 08:18:44AM -0500, b. f. wrote: > Anton Shterenlikht wrote: > >Can somebody recommend a graphical port which could be used > >to teach kids 6-8 years programming? I know it's a very > >vague question, but what I have in mind (possibly) is > >say an interpreter linked with some graphical enviroment, > >perhaps drawing with commands, or making animations, > >or maybe music? > > >Something that would make kids or that age curious, > >some programming environment that they can easily > >understand and enjoy. A programming game of sorts? > > > I don't know if all of these are available on FreeBSD, but you may > find this interesting: > > http://www.marshallbrain.com/kids-programming.htm thanks, that's interesting > > Is this aimed at getting your 7-year-old to maintain your FreeBSD > systems for you? ;) > eventually.. in the short term it's about joy of programming by the way, many thanks for svn, I'll install it on my other machines. YOu were right about the revision, I got the i386 rebuilt now. see you anton -- Anton Shterenlikht Room 2.6, Queen's Building Mech Eng Dept Bristol University University Walk, Bristol BS8 1TR, UK Tel: +44 (0)117 331 5944 Fax: +44 (0)117 929 4423
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