Small correction, App Inventor doesn't share code with Scratch, it uses Blockly (a Google project) as it's basis. A search for "blockly games" should bring up some fun demos and stuff; I'm a fan of the rubber duck one. :) On Dec 24, 2015 2:18 PM, "Brian St. Pierre" <br...@bstpierre.org> wrote:
> I just recently discovered MIT App Inventor -- > http://appinventor.mit.edu/explore/front.html > > It's Scratch embedded into a web-based environment that updates an app > running on your Android device in real-time. I've only played with it for > about 10 minutes, but it "just worked" to get a quick "hello" > text-to-speech app running on my device. > > -- > Brian St. Pierre > > On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Kenny Lussier <kluss...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> My daughter has expressed an interest in learning to code. It's a >> non-specific, very general interest. She doesn't have a specific area of >> interest that she wants to learn (UI, game development, HPC, etc.), she >> just want to learn how to code. >> >> What do people think is the best language for a 12yr old to learn? What >> is most flexible to use for different purposes? What tools are out there to >> teach a kid to code? Code Academy and the like seem to be a little dry and >> never yielded wonderful results for most of the adults I know, so other >> ideas would be welcome. >> >> Thanks, >> Kenny >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> gnhlug-discuss mailing list >> gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org >> http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > gnhlug-discuss mailing list > gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org > http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/ > >
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