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Programming and electronics for kids
I've been continuing to look into programming and electronics for kids. I wrote some of the programming options up a while back. Scratch is still a firm favourite.
On the list of things to try we have brickcc to try out with the lego NXT. Here's an old comparison of the various approaches to programming the NXT brick.
The other on-going project is a microcontroller - the STM Primer. Includes a screen, tilt sensor, and a single button.
On the electronics side (which is what lead me to microcontrollers in the first place), this is a nice article on kits for kids, and a second earlier one. There's also a bunch of kits available at makershed (the most surprising one is an EX-150, which is a couple of kits up from what I had. I think I had the EX-60). Here's a list of some microcontroller starter kits, and a different list of microcontroller like options.
Posted at 07:00AM Oct 27, 2009 by Darryl Gove in Personal |
