I’ve been mentoring my 10-year-old nephew in programming. Some impressions (thread):
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It would be easy to say I’m “teaching” him how to program, but that’s not at all how it feels. More like I’m just sitting next to him while he learns, occasionally teeing things up for him.
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I also don’t see my role as helping him learn how to *program* per se. It’s more like I want him to be as creatively powerful as possible, and writing code is one way to do that.
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The kid is exceptionally creative and it’s fun just to watch him do his thing, across a variety of art forms. In addition to coding, he also sings, dances, acts, draws, and plays/composes music. (And maybe some other things I don’t know about.)
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I’m especially in awe of how quickly/decisively my nephew chooses what to do next. I feel I’ve lost a lot of that spontaneity. I hem and haw over every little decision. It’s exhausting! (Is this most adults, or just me?)
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One of the main thing my nephew wants to make is VIDEO GAMES!!!! I think this is awesome and one of the best “gateway drugs” into getting hooked on code. It was certainly my gateway drug back in junior high/high school. Many of my friends have similar (fond) memories.
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We’re currently jamming around with Scratch (http://scratch.mit.edu ). Holy shit, what an awesome tool. It’s a sprite-first programming language! Effortless to get your own drawing up on the screen, dancing around and bouncing off the walls.
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Scratch has a host of problems, sure. But any “real” language makes you jump through so many meaningless hoops just to move something around on a canvas. And by that point you’ve lost all your momentum and most of your motivation. I wish I had scratch as a kid!
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Welcome! I tend to think of Scratch, Snap!, and GP as being real languages, but I see what you mean by putting the word in quotes. Only difference for me is that block languages have no syntax errors (+) and aren't as dense as text (-), so million-line systems are harder
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Why do you say “welcome”? Did you work on some of these systems?
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Well, worked with people that did (https://harc.ycr.org/member/ - Maloney, Mönig, Ohshima). Been playing around with Scratch for a while. Just sounded like you discovered it, that's all. I'm not an expert, but do a lot with languages in general, and am pro-blocks.
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