[racket] Programming for 9 yo's

There's good stuff on the Computer Science Unplugged site:

   - Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOYy4kyLEHs
   - Activities: http://csunplugged.org/activities

Dan


On Thu, Jun 12, 2014 at 6:32 AM, Stephen De Gabrielle <
spdegabrielle at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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> 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...
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>>
>> >>> --
>> >>> Stephen De Gabrielle
>> >>> stephen.degabrielle at acm.org
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>> >>> Mobile        +44 (0)79 85189045
>> >>> http://www.degabrielle.name/stephen
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