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Hey, haven't written a post in forever. Just wanted to talk about teaching kids Scratch. Something I've been lucky enough to do the past few months. It's been a great experience, despite the obvious frustrations. These kids, at a number of different schools, mind you, are great to work with. It's just truly rewarding stuff, and some of them are so intuitive, it's mind blowing. It's not particularly difficult work, but it feels truly rewarding. Just wanted to throw that out there to encourage this community of smart, great people to do the same. Especially if you're not currently working full time, like me. If you have questions feel free to ask.

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    why scratch? i mean, it's not bad, it just feels like it wouldn't be used if it was text based instead of blocks based.
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    Kids are bad at typing. I'm teaching mostly k-5 right now. They don't have the fine motor skills, so blockly makes it fun and enjoyable. Its easy to equate it to a jigsaw puzzle as well, so they understand the concept better. We teach middle schoolers python and JS, since they're a lot more capable with the keyboards. Great question!
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