My children give me feedback on my failures all the time ;-( But I think you are right, Richmond's are very effective. Well done Richmond, my wife (a professional educator) would support you 100%; your devotion to teaching and focusing on the children, not the content, is to be commended. Those children don't know how lucky they are.
On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 2:43 AM, Phil Davis <rev...@pdslabs.net> wrote: > Richmond, I love your "feedback loop" with the kids correcting your coding > - brilliant! And most certainly effective. > > Phil > > > > On 6/30/15 10:59 AM, Phil Davis wrote: > >> A while back, I took Larry Walker's "follow me" approach with two of my >> grandsons (ages 6 and 7 at the time): >> >> http://www.philofwestlinn.com/2013/11/17/follow-me-programming/ >> http://www.philofwestlinn.com/2013/12/04/our-time-machine-app/ >> >> They loved it! Of course I had the luxury (and challenge) of working with >> them at their kitchen table. >> >> Phil >> >> >> >> On 6/30/15 10:26 AM, dunb...@aol.com wrote: >> >>> Richmond. >>> >>> >>> A nice thing you are doing. >>> >>> >>> I take a slightly different approach. I put a few controls on the >>> screen, and then move the mouse around, asking what sort of things (events) >>> might be occurring. Nobody gets what I mean at first, until I explain that >>> I am sending messages to the machine when, say, I simply move the cursor >>> (mouseMove). >>> >>> >>> Most will see that something happens when I click the mouse, and if I >>> say that the machine "knows" where a button is, it also knows when the >>> cursor crosses that threshold (mouseEnter). From there I get several >>> responses, like when the mouse leaves. Nobody ever gets "mouseStillDown"> >>> >>> >>> Anyway, from there I can start to show how if I send a message, I can >>> trap a message, and the rest is easy. >>> >>> >>> Well, not necessarily easy... >>> >>> >>> Craig Newman >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jana Doughty <jana.doug...@livecode.com> >>> To: use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> >>> Sent: Tue, Jun 30, 2015 11:15 am >>> Subject: How to Teach Coding >>> >>> >>> Hi LiveCode Community, >>> >>> Hope you're well and having a good week so far. We >>> have a great blog post >>> from our very own Richmond Mathewson on the blog today. >>> He tells us about >>> how he's teaching kids to code this >>> summer: >>> >>> http://livecode.com/how-to-teach-coding/ >>> >>> Check it out and tell >>> Richmond how great he is! >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> Jana >>> Doughty >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode >>> mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, >>> unsubscribe and manage your subscription >>> preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >>> >>> >> > -- > Phil Davis > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
