Comments on: Programming for Kids (and Rolling Your Own Videogame) http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/ Handmade Software Experiences Wed, 20 Aug 2008 15:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-59749 Hillel Tue, 10 Jun 2008 04:17:40 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-59749 Another thread on this topic. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213293 Another thread on this topic.

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=213293

]]> By: Hillel http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-47749 Hillel Wed, 14 Nov 2007 00:10:32 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-47749 Another one... not sure how I missed this one... Adventure Game Studio (http://www.bigbluecup.com). Another one… not sure how I missed this one… Adventure Game Studio (http://www.bigbluecup.com).

]]> By: Randy http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43891 Randy Tue, 04 Sep 2007 22:43:23 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43891 I would recommend Logo, and letting them program their own turtles to draw things. It's a great first step in logic and programming, and it lets them see results very quickly. http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/ I would recommend Logo, and letting them program their own turtles to draw things. It’s a great first step in logic and programming, and it lets them see results very quickly.

http://el.media.mit.edu/logo-foundation/

]]> By: Daowl http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43748 Daowl Mon, 03 Sep 2007 13:35:13 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43748 I would also recommend : - Pictogame www.Pictogame.com To custimze and share funny flash games - Bazar111 www.bazaar111.com offering games creation tools ( that requires some basic technical skills) I would also recommend :

- Pictogame
http://www.Pictogame.com
To custimze and share funny flash games

- Bazar111
http://www.bazaar111.com
offering games creation tools ( that requires some basic technical skills)

]]> By: Michael Buckbee http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43193 Michael Buckbee Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:21:23 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43193 I'd really recommend Hackety Hack: http://hacketyhack.net/ It's easy to get into and you make things that are likely of interest to kids (YouTube video downloader, etc). I’d really recommend Hackety Hack:

http://hacketyhack.net/

It’s easy to get into and you make things that are likely of interest to kids (YouTube video downloader, etc).

]]> By: Sriram Krishnan http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43191 Sriram Krishnan Tue, 28 Aug 2007 23:18:08 +0000 http://www.jacksonfish.com/blog/2007/08/28/programming-for-kids-and-rolling-your-own-videogame/#comment-43191 When we built Popfly, kids and adolescents was (and is) one of our core audiences. I know the blogosphere likes to paint us as the big mashup/web 2.0 thing but we're really all about making it easy for people to create stuff, using various parts of the web as building blocks. Microsoft recently had a 'Bring your kids to work' day where we showed off Popfly to a bunch of kids and it was a *lot* of fun. When we built Popfly, kids and adolescents was (and is) one of our core audiences. I know the blogosphere likes to paint us as the big mashup/web 2.0 thing but we’re really all about making it easy for people to create stuff, using various parts of the web as building blocks.

Microsoft recently had a ‘Bring your kids to work’ day where we showed off Popfly to a bunch of kids and it was a *lot* of fun.

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