[game_edu] Codecademy

[Casey ODonnell]

My only complaint is... Never try to anticipate what they're asking you to do next. You can break it and get stuck. :-\ If someone familiar with programming interested in using it to learn a new language tries to use it they have more trouble than someone new to the concepts.

Casey

From: Steve Graham <skudge at gmail.com<mailto:skudge at gmail.com>>
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Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 2:52 PM
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Subject: Re: [game_edu] Codecademy

I've done a little work with it. I think it does a fairly good job, but it may not be complete enough to use easily with 6th graders. I've used it with adult learners and heard the complaint that it occasionally takes leaps which are too big with too little content. As long as there is supplemental material or (preferably and) a live teacher to assist with such gaps, I think it might work well.
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