We recently found this site which has loads of interactive games to teach kids from 5 to 13 how to do computer coding. Tia, 7, loves it, she's got a great logical thinking ability that we like to encourage and she's speeding through the levels. I have to admit yo enjoying them myself

In between the exercises there are video tutorials from computer whizzkids, including Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg.

Thought I'd share for you to share with your kiddlies.

http://code.org/learn

There is a link on there to Lighbot.com which we started on.

http://light-bot.com/hocflash.html

This looks great - really! I have some friends I'll pass it on to.

Would the thread benefit from being in the parenting forum too?

I'm growing peas for the first time this year. Also, carrots, beans and potatoes.

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wrong thread

Emmeline wrote:This looks great - really! I have some friends I'll pass it on to.

Would the thread benefit from being in the parenting forum too?

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

campermon wrote:I'm growing peas for the first time this year. Also, carrots, beans and potatoes.

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wrong thread

Will recommend the site to computer mad minicamper#4

!	GENERAL MODNOTE Standby........just spinning up the hyperspace jump engines for a move to parenting and education....

Scarlett wrote:

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

Your wish is my command.

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

Your wish is my command.

Aww, thanks. Maybe you could get Mr C junior to help me

Scarlett wrote:

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

Your wish is my command.

Aww, thanks. Maybe you could get Mr C junior to help me

BASIC is probably the easiet language to get strted on; http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download ... x?id=22961

The Code Combat game that's listed there is entertaining.

https://codecombat.com/

i run a coding club at our school (junior) and use scratch atm, which is another very accessible one...also got loads of projects that can be done on it....

some of the other stuff on there looks interesting as well - good find

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

Your wish is my command.

Aww, thanks. Maybe you could get Mr C junior to help me

BASIC is probably the easiet language to get strted on; http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download ... x?id=22961

Not much kop these days. Not many good compilers around and not OOP.

Anyway nobody programmes these days. Just buy in 3rd party software and off you go.

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Anyway nobody programmes these days. Just buy in 3rd party software and off you go.

Er, yeah, that's basically the point. It's astounding how many IT 'professionals' can't actually code these days. Sites like this teach basic coding skills to the young, which in turn, enables them to grasp lower level computing concepts.

UncertainSloth wrote:i run a coding club at our school (junior) and use scratch atm, which is another very accessible one...also got loads of projects that can be done on it....

Thanks for this, I'll check out the site you mentioned.

I hope you're not pity posting because Fall's new thread was more popular than mine?

BlackBart wrote:

Scot Dutchy wrote:
Anyway nobody programmes these days. Just buy in 3rd party software and off you go.

Er, yeah, that's basically the point. It's astounding how many IT 'professionals' can't actually code these days. Sites like this teach basic coding skills to the young, which in turn, enables them to grasp lower level computing concepts.

Lower levels are OOP. Coding like Basic is old hat. Very old hat.

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

campermon wrote:

Scarlett wrote:

Thanks Emm, yes maybe it should be moved. Maybe if Mr C can stop taking the piss for a sec he can move it.

Your wish is my command.

Aww, thanks. Maybe you could get Mr C junior to help me

BASIC is probably the easiet language to get strted on; http://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/download ... x?id=22961

Shows you how computer literate I am when I downloaded this and now can't find it on my laptop

reddix wrote:The Code Combat game that's listed there is entertaining.

https://codecombat.com/

Ooooh! That's something called 'Java script', I don't think I'm ready for that

Java is old hat as well.

The whole programming world is so fluid. That is really what drove me mad in the last years of my working life. Just keeping abreast was bad enough. Keeping ahead was an impossibility.

Well I might have no idea what Java is but I know I've to update it now and again on my Samsung laptop I bought about 4 months ago, so not sure how old hat it is