[Swansea Hackspace] Teaching Children to Code

[Emyr Morris]

Mindstorms is a one off investment. And they can be found second hand on
eBay quite cheaply. It does not have to be a huge expense

On Saturday, July 25, 2015, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
wrote:

> Magic - thanks Emyr.
>
> I'll try again with installing Scratch. He loves Lego, but Mindstorm is
> quite an investment once you start down that road.
>
> Anyone else had good experiences?
>
> On 25 July 2015 at 11:17, Emyr Morris <em at preseli.com
> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','em at preseli.com');>> wrote:
>
>> get him the lego mindstorms set from Lego
>>
>> that will give him good real world examples of coding
>>
>> first there is the fun of construction, then there is adding code and
>> seeing something physical react to the code.
>>
>> then, add sensors and you get interaction
>>
>> Scratch is really good. Some junior schools teach scratch, so it will be
>> something he will be able to use later.
>>
>> I have scratch on my macs, it is easy to install and use on mac and PC
>> and don't forget the Raspberry Pi!
>>
>> You have the added bonus on the Pi that again you can use scratch to
>> control motors and interact with sensors.
>>
>> The first programming Osian did was with the Lego Mindstorms when he was
>> about 5... I bought him a new set for Christmas one year, and within a
>> month we had bought a cheep second hand set off ebay. It is well worth
>> keeping an eye at car boots and ebay for mindstorms, you can get a bargain!
>>
>> Emyr
>>
>> On 25 July 2015 at 10:40, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk');>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi All,
>>> I have been looking at coding tools to help teach my 8yr old son how to
>>> code.
>>>
>>> I've looked at Scratch (can't get it to install on Mac and site is down)
>>> and Tynker (paid US offering), code-Cade,y I have used but not right for
>>> Max at 8yrs old.
>>>
>>> For UK are there better resources that I can use to educate him? Ideally
>>> something that will align with School if possible - any ideas?
>>>
>>> All help gratefully received,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
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