I thought this session deserved its own blog entry :) Definitely an interesting topic and something worthy of discussion. At the moment, unless I am convinced otherwise, I plan to use Scratch for my Pre-AP class at SciTech.
Greenfoot
- higher learning curve vs scratch, alice
- can do much more because you are using java
- age: 14+
- scales as large as Java
- only limited by output (2d graphics)
- open source, Smalltalk
Scratch
- doesn't have classes
- ages 8-15
- over 900 uploaded projects
- concerns about plagarism, from website
Alice
- originally intended for college
- age: 5th grade
- open source and available for developers!
At the end of it all, each platform has a different target market. I think that Greenfoot is better for high school students, in a quarter or semester long course. So, YES - I shifted and plan to explore Greenfoot more. I think that my students will find Greenfoot more of a real and challenging programming language. Wish we would of talked about more of the specific differences between the different platforms. Looking forward to playing around with Greenfoot soon.
Thursday, March 11, 2010
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