[racket] Programming for 9 yo's

I'll second this -- doing some image operations using the image teachpack would give them "cool" feedback quite quickly.

-- Sharon Tuttle


On Jun 11, 2014, at 11:33 AM, Jens Axel Søgaard wrote:

> Drawing flags using the image TeachPack?
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> /Jens Axel
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> 2014-06-11 20:14 GMT+02:00 Keyan <ml at pulsschlag.net>:
>> When I was in school, the first program that I wrote was:
>> 
>> 10 input x
>> 20 input y
>> 30 print x + y
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> The next one was a number-guessing program. The software draw a random
>> number between 1 and 100, and the user had to guess which one by entering
>> numbers. The output of the program was either “lower,” “higher,” or some
>> success message. Games like that is probably what I would do for 9 year
>> olds, because its fun to play with the code once you are done. At least for
>> nerds like me, as you can tell, because I can still remember after all these
>> years :)
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Keyan
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>> On 11 Jun 2014, at 19:57, Stephen De Gabrielle <spdegabrielle at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi I've been asked to teach a single lesson for the 9yo's in my sons class.
>> Does anyone have any ideas that would be suitable. They have only had a
>> little exposure to simple logo loops.
>> 
>> I was thinking of a simple recursion example but would appreciate any
>> suggestions.
>> 
>> Kind regards,
>> Stephen
>> PS I'm not thinking of racket, I just ask here because I know there are a
>> large number of professional educators.
>> PPS I'm not adverse to racket...
>> 
>> 
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