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Re: [Phys-L] computer programming for kids



On Jun 26, 2013, at 9:21 PM, Paul Lulai wrote:

Drag and drop programming is how labview allows folks to prototype their software. It is what many universities use with their engineering students to control systems.
I can't imagine the harm done allowing an 8 year to use drag and drop programming to learn how to use loops, if then, mathematical operations, and control graphics.

Did you mean "I cannot imagine ANY harm" ? Not doing "any harm" is insufficient justification to support an activity. Time is limited and only the most impotrant activies should be supported. That is what I think.

Ludwik Kowalski
http://csam.montclair.edu/~kowalski/life/intro.html