Tom Forsyth on Nostr: I've been teaching my nephews programming with code.org and Scratch/Blockly. They're ...
I've been teaching my nephews programming with code.org and Scratch/Blockly. They're doing great, and at some point I'd like to get them on to TIC80 or PICO8, but I'm a little apprehensive about the sliding blocks->writing text transition. Has anybody done this with kids, and got any tips?
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