Thanks Andrew ... it was as more out of interest than anything else.<br><br>Though I'd be "more than interested" if there were any "serious" squeak programmers out there ...<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"><div style="word-wrap: break-word;">we use it at Wallan SC with year 7 students -> 4-5 week intro; basic efforts, then create script to navigate through a maze. This has been at Wallan for at least two years.<div>
I intro'd them to <a href="http://learnscratch.org" target="_blank">learnscratch.org</a> which has accelerated the learning of the more able students - allowing them to progress at their own pace</div><div><br></div>
<div>Some get distracted by the pretty factor butmost do quite well. Older students still like ot thave fun with it - mostly for making games - even my year 10 students</div><div><br></div><div>Andrew Shortell</div><div>
Wallan SC </div><div><br><div><div>On 30/10/2010, at 9:03 PM, Paul Chandler wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite"><br>Just out of interest, who out there is an active user of Scratch or Squeak?<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
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Nice k12online conference presentation about Scratch<br><br><blockquote>Scratch is a simple yet powerful programming language for children that
is very easy to use yet contains many of the important programming
constructs found in more “grown up” languages.
This presentation looks at some of the key ideas behind programming in
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encourage problem solving and higher level thinking, and finishes with a
snapshot of a student view into how Scratch is making a difference to
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