I've been teaching 10 9-year-olds Kodu Game Lab this week in my home and they love it and are understanding the concepts of event oriented programming while creating computer games. We tried Small Basic but they are all just learning typing and that was a bit of a barrier. Kodu is extremely easy to learn and very fun for kids.
Adobe supported a SVG plug-in for a few years but doesn't anymore. I know that Silverlight, although closed source, doesn't require the.Net framework at all - it contains a subset of it. Microsoft is supporting it on Windows and Macintosh and working with Novell to support it on Linux.
Before I joined Microsoft (earlier this year), I visited the security response center in Redmond and got the distinct impression that the company takes security very seriously. We know that from our past problems, that we have much to do to regain trust (especially th/. crowd), but it's one of our most important thing that we can do.
Michael S. Scherotter Developer Evangelist Microsoft
I know that i'm not a "Heavy Hitter" like Dare, but I tried out OpenSocial this weekend and I saw something very interesting. I am also a Microsoft employee and I am paid to blog:
Silverlight in OpenSocial!
I thought that Dare wrote a very thoughtful analysis of OpenSocial but I wanted to get my hands dirty with it and see what I could do.
I saw this as well when I was in graduate in the mid 1990s in a technical field (CAD software development). I would attribute this to the fact that we are now in a worldwide economy and that economy recognizes that the United States is where you go for a technical graduate degree. I think that this says much more about the quality of U.S. graduate degrees.
We use object oriented technology (C++) specifically for its constructs that allow a better large-scale, long-term project development cycle. Ideally, it lets us develop software by addition and subtracting code modules instead of modifying existing ones.
Even though it is not open source, at $250 per seat including unlimited support, it is the best software development tool that I have ever seen. I understand why you want to write open source, but do all of you tools also have to be open source?
Ender's game details a future earth with a worldwide "internet" which allows people (in this case children) to communicate and express their ideas anonymously and let the quality of their ideas, not their age, determine their acceptance.
Architecture School is a well rounded curriculum that encompasses philosophy, applied technology, history, design, abstract thinking, and creative problem solving. It is a good curriculum for any career which values these skills.
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I've been teaching 10 9-year-olds Kodu Game Lab this week in my home and they love it and are understanding the concepts of event oriented programming while creating computer games. We tried Small Basic but they are all just learning typing and that was a bit of a barrier. Kodu is extremely easy to learn and very fun for kids.
http://charette.com/blog/fairfax-computer-camp-day-1-kodu-game-lab/
http://charette.com/blog/fairfax-computer-camp-day-2-small-basic-and-turtle-programming/
http://charette.com/blog/fairfax-computer-camp-day-3-small-basic-and-kodu/
http://charette.com/blog/fairfax-computer-camp-day-4-building-and-testing-kodu-games/
Disclaimer - I work for Microsoft, the creator of Kodu Game Lab and Small Basic.
Michael S. Scherotter
Adobe supported a SVG plug-in for a few years but doesn't anymore. I know that .Net framework at all - it contains a subset of it. Microsoft is supporting it on Windows and Macintosh and working with Novell to support it on Linux.
/. crowd), but it's one of our most important thing that we can do.
Silverlight, although closed source, doesn't require the
Before I joined Microsoft (earlier this year), I visited the security response center in Redmond and got the distinct impression that the company takes security very seriously. We know that from our past problems, that we have much to do to regain trust (especially th
Michael S. Scherotter
Developer Evangelist
Microsoft
I know that i'm not a "Heavy Hitter" like Dare, but I tried out OpenSocial this weekend and I saw something very interesting. I am also a Microsoft employee and I am paid to blog: Silverlight in OpenSocial!
Michael S. ScherotterI thought that Dare wrote a very thoughtful analysis of OpenSocial but I wanted to get my hands dirty with it and see what I could do.
Microsoft Corporation
I saw this as well when I was in graduate in the mid 1990s in a technical field (CAD software development). I would attribute this to the fact that we are now in a worldwide economy and that economy recognizes that the United States is where you go for a technical graduate degree. I think that this says much more about the quality of U.S. graduate degrees.
We use object oriented technology (C++) specifically for its constructs that allow a better large-scale, long-term project development cycle. Ideally, it lets us develop software by addition and subtracting code modules instead of modifying existing ones.
Even though it is not open source, at $250 per seat including unlimited support, it is the best software development tool that I have ever seen. I understand why you want to write open source, but do all of you tools also have to be open source?
Ender's game details a future earth with a worldwide "internet" which allows people (in this case children) to communicate and express their ideas anonymously and let the quality of their ideas, not their age, determine their acceptance.
Architecture School is a well rounded curriculum that encompasses philosophy, applied technology, history, design, abstract thinking, and creative problem solving. It is a good curriculum for any career which values these skills.