[game_edu] Codecademy

[Suzanne Freyjadis]

That's really good to know, since I will be using this with kids new to
programming.

 

Suzanne

 

From: game_edu-bounces at igda.org [mailto:game_edu-bounces at igda.org] On Behalf
Of Casey ODonnell
Sent: Wednesday, June 06, 2012 3:01 PM
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv
Subject: Re: [game_edu] Codecademy

 

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>
Reply-To: "skg at dsu.edu" <skg at dsu.edu>, IGDA Game Education Listserv
<game_edu at igda.org>
Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 2:52 PM
To: IGDA Game Education Listserv <game_edu at igda.org>
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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