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does anyone know of a visual programming tool that could be adapted for children (kids age 7-12) so that they can generate c programs to control device?

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skymasterson Avatar asked Jun 10 '10 18:06

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2 Answers

If controlling devices is your ultimate goal, how about LEGO Mindstorms? You can use all sorts of languages with it and they get to play with LEGO! They can start with the default language and once they understand the fundamentals they can start using some of the third-party languages, some of which are C/C-like

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Daniel DiPaolo Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 16:09

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Another interesting language for kids is scratch, from MIT. I don't know if it's possible to use it to control devices

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pcent Avatar answered Sep 27 '22 17:09

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