This Computer Language Is Feeding Hacker Values into Young Minds

Thu, 11 May 2017 23:50:33 +1000

Andrew Pam <xanni [at] glasswings.com.au>

Andrew Pam
<https://backchannel.com/the-kids-computer-language-that-became-a-mind-bomb-for-the-hacker-ethic-a0b7e42c229d>

"At 10, Scratch is a popular tool to teach kids programming. But its
real glory is how it imparts lessons in sharing, logic, and hackerism."

Scratch is great. I've always had a fondness for visual programming
languages.

Rodney Brown points out that:

Scratch 2.0 & up needs ActionScript

Snap! as I understand it is using Javascript in the browser, and being
extensible may appeal more to adult tastes.

https://snap.berkeley.edu/

Share and enjoy,
                *** Xanni ***
--
mailto:xanni@xanadu.net                   Andrew Pam
http://www.xanadu.com.au/                 Chief Scientist, Xanadu
http://www.glasswings.com.au/             Partner, Glass Wings
http://www.sericyb.com.au/                Manager, Serious Cybernetics

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