[racket] Programming for 9 yo's

Thanks,
I like all these. I'm going to run them by the teacher to see what suits
best.

Thanks again,
Stephen


On Wednesday, 11 June 2014, Matthias Felleisen <matthias at ccs.neu.edu> wrote:

>
> +1
>
>
>
> On Jun 11, 2014, at 2:41 PM, Sharon Tuttle <st10 at humboldt.edu
> <javascript:;>> 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 <javascript:;>>:
> >>> 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 <javascript:;>>
> >>> 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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