Scratch

interesting suggestion!  I'm not a teacher, but it would most certainly sound very useful.  (I'm fourteen years old)  Yes, in Scratch 2.0, they have seem to have planned a more useful text editing plugin for the paint editor.  I would assume that this would also be done more easily with comments.  As 1.4 currently runs on squeak, it isn't programmed to support a whole lot of text editing devices, and thus, you are limited to one color.  Switching from smalltalk to flash, will definitely open up some new options.  I support this.  btw, I would probably love your class.  I don't even get computer classes where I go to.  This is all a hobby for me.

Last edited by XenoK (2012-04-18 21:53:02)

MrFichter wrote:

Thanks, XenoK! It's good to know that Scratch 2.0 is headed in this direction. From looking at your opening animation, I can see you're already a model citizen when it comes to providing clear commentary alongside your code. This is really helpful to others! And kudos for doing awesome work as a self-taught programmer. I try to teach my students everything I learn, but I'm still learning quite a lot myself. The Scratch forum has been great. Have you found other online communities (wikis, etc.) supportive, too, when it comes to bouncing ideas off people or finding collaborators for projects?

stencyl is a great place for things like that, and quite similar to scratch, but does not limit as many features.  However, for the full features, you have to pay for it....  The free version is a great learning experience, though.  They have forums, to provide collaborative work.  I've heard quite a bit about Aice!  I'll see if I can find some more!