[prog] Programming for kids & learning how to program

[Miriam Ruiz]

2008/5/20 Jacinta Richardson <jarich at perltraining.com.au>:
> I learned a little about Scratch yesterday and it looks way cool.  However there
> are other tools like it you might find more fun.  If you'd like to learn to
> program in a fun, graphical way; or teach your kids programming (even if you
> don't really know yourself), have a look at one or all of these tools.
>
>
> Scratch - http://scratch.mit.edu/
>
> Scratch is a new programming language that makes it easy to create your own
> interactive stories, animations, games, music, and art -- and share your
> creations on the web.
>
> Scratch is designed to help young people (ages 8 and up) develop 21st century
> learning skills. As they create Scratch projects, young people learn important
> mathematical and computational ideas, while also gaining a deeper understanding
> of the process of design.
>
> Alice - http://www.alice.org/
>
> Alice is an innovative 3D programming environment that makes it easy to create
> an animation for telling a story, playing an interactive game, or a video to
> share on the web. Alice is a teaching tool for introductory computing. It uses
> 3D graphics and a drag-and-drop interface to facilitate a more engaging, less
> frustrating first programming experience.
>
> Squeak and Etoys -  http://www.squeakland.org/
>
> Squeak is a "media authoring tool"-- software that you can download to your
> computer and then use to create your own media or share and play with others. It
> is free and downloadable here.
>
> Squeakland has been developed to offer a variety of fun experiences to people of
> all ages who use their computers to create. Squeakland is meant to be a
> playground for developing a community of people who want to work together to
> invent new media types.

Is any of them free as in speech? I might be interested in it.

Greetings,
Miry