Comment MOOSECrossing: an excellent tool for teaching kids (Score 1) 168
I work with the Electronic Learning Communities research group at Georgia Tech and my advisor(Dr. Amy Bruckman) has spent the last several years creating an environment for kids that allows them to learn how to program while learning creative writing skills. The environment I am refering to is called MOOSE Crossing.
MOOSE Crossing is a place where kids 13 and under can come to meet other kids from around the world, build new places to hang out, and program cool objects to play with. You could build a swamp next to the forest, a pet store in town, or maybe a disco in The Emerald City. You could make an elephant that tells elephant jokes, or a robot that asks people what they think about nuclear power. The world of MOOSE Crossing is built by kids, for kids. Big people are welcome too--especially teachers looking for interesting activities for their classes.
Basically, MOOSE Crossing is a MOO designed for kids using a custom programming language that lets kids make interesting objects and share them with their friends.
For more information check out: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/moose-crossing/
MOOSE Crossing is also the subject of my advisor's thesis research. If you are interested that dissertation can be found at: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/thesis/index.html
MOOSE Crossing is a place where kids 13 and under can come to meet other kids from around the world, build new places to hang out, and program cool objects to play with. You could build a swamp next to the forest, a pet store in town, or maybe a disco in The Emerald City. You could make an elephant that tells elephant jokes, or a robot that asks people what they think about nuclear power. The world of MOOSE Crossing is built by kids, for kids. Big people are welcome too--especially teachers looking for interesting activities for their classes.
Basically, MOOSE Crossing is a MOO designed for kids using a custom programming language that lets kids make interesting objects and share them with their friends.
For more information check out: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/moose-crossing/
MOOSE Crossing is also the subject of my advisor's thesis research. If you are interested that dissertation can be found at: http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/thesis/index.html
