<html><body style="font-family: 'Helvetica Neue',Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12px;"><div>And then there's learning to program without a computer in sight </div><div><br /></div><div>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyHBRq504ZU</div><div><br /></div><div>Regards</div><div>Robert T-A</div> <br /><br /><blockquote><br />----- Original Message -----<br /><div style="width:100%;background:rgb(228,228,228);"><div style="font-weight:bold;">From:</div> "Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List" <sofdev@edulists.com.au></div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">To:</div>"Year 12 Software Development Teachers' Mailing List" <sofdev@edulists.com.au><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Cc:</div><br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Sent:</div>Fri, 27 May 2016 13:01:16 +1000<br /><div style="font-weight:bold;">Subject:</div>[Year 12 SofDev] Teaching programming - yet another new approach or two<br /><br /><br /><div dir="ltr">1. "THE INTERNET AGE HAS given us no shortage of coding tutorials. There are instructional websites, games, online courses—even DIY computer kits. But Hopscotch is different. While most coding is done on computers with lines of code, Hopscotch is a visual programming language designed for mobile devices... With Hopscotch, there’s no typing and no syntax. The language centers around blocks that you drag and drop into place to build routines. "<div><br /></div>
<a href="http://www.wired.com/2016/05/hopscotch-teaches-kids-code-without-command-line/">http://www.wired.com/2016/05/hopscotch-teaches-kids-code-without-command-line/</a><br clear="all" /><div><br /></div>
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<div>2. "Osmo Turns Blocks Into Code to Teach Kids Programming.<br /></div>
<div><br /></div>"THE BEST PROGRAMMERS turn complex code into intuitive tools that anyone can use. And those tools are easier than ever to master, requiring little more than a swipe or a tap. Interacting with code is so instinctive that even cats know how to do it.<br /><br />"Now the challenge is figuring out how to make creating code as easy as using it. Osmo does that by turning abstract “building blocks” of computer programs into actual, real-world building blocks. The goal is to make the process so simple that a five-year-old can create code without having to read an O’Reilly book."<div>
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