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Scratch jr

Scratch jr is an iPad version of the Scratch environment, designed with young kids in mind. It is the best kid-oriented programming tool I tried so far, and my five year old has great fun making "movies" with it. As I noted on twitter an hour after installing, the ability to record your own voice and use it for your sprites is a killer feature. Check it out!

By Ehud Lamm at 2014-09-06 17:45 | Fun | other blogs | 18513 reads

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A helpful link: ScratchJr.

By Brian T Rice at Sat, 2014-09-06 18:06 | login or register to post comments

Thanks. I added the link.

Thanks. I added the link. The irony is that I didn't include it since I posted from the iPad, and I hate copying/pasting etc. on the iPad.

By Ehud Lamm at Sat, 2014-09-06 18:25 | login or register to post comments

Android version is supposed to be coming too

According to their about page (and Kickstarter) they should be releasing an Android version sometime later in 2014.

Which is good news, since it means I don't have to buy a couple of iPads.

By Eivind Eklund at Mon, 2014-09-08 09:39 | login or register to post comments

Hopscotch

Hopscotch is another programming environment for kids on the iPad. There is a commercial angle to it since it has in-app purchases. The programming model is a bit awkward since there are no conditionals so you have to find some work-around like causing some event such as a collision to create conditional situations. ..at least from what I've seen.. My son could tell you more..

By James McCartney at Tue, 2014-09-09 16:20 | login or register to post comments

See here.

See here.

By Ehud Lamm at Tue, 2014-09-09 16:23 | login or register to post comments