[racket] Programming for 9 yo's

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On Jun 11, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Sharon Tuttle <st10 at humboldt.edu> wrote:

> 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?
>> 
>> /Jens Axel
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 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
>>> 
>>> On 11 Jun 2014, at 19:57, Stephen De Gabrielle <spdegabrielle at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>> 
>>> 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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