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Teaching Kids Programming

List from Lynn Langit (lynnlangit@live.com)

General

People

  1. Alan Kay - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Kay
  2. Brett Victor - http://worrydream.com/#!/InventingOnPrinciple
  3. Seymour Papert - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Papert
  4. Carol Dweck - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carol_Dweck (Mindset book)
  5. Linda Reising - http://www.lindarising.org/ (Fearless Change book and materials)
  6. Caitlin Kelleher - http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~ckelleher/ (StoryTelling Alice - master's thesis)

Languages and Tools

Current (using or exploring)

  • Java / Eclipse (Codenvy - in development) -- primary
  • SmallBasic / included IDE -- primary
  • C# / Visual Studio Express -- limited subset (1 lesson only)
  • Kodu / included IDE -- primary
  • Project Spark / included IDE
  • SQL / SQL Server Management Studio Express
  • Minecraft
  • Wolfram Language
  • TouchDevelop
  • Codeacademy

Past

  • Scratch
  • Squeak
  • Greenfoot
  • KhanAcademy Javascript
  • Python
  • Alice
  • Storytelling Alice
  • Lego Mindstorms
  • Gamemaker
  • Java/BlueJ
  • Ruby/HacketyHack
  • WeScheme
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