What Language for a kid

[Kenny Lussier]

OK, three people in a matter of 10 minutes have suggested Kano to me. For
the benefit of others, The Kano is a raspberry Pi that kids build
themselves, and learn to code using examples from Minecraft and others.
It's a really cool system: http://us.kano.me/

On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Kenny Lussier <klussier at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> My daughter has expressed an interest in learning to code. It's a
> non-specific, very general interest. She doesn't have a specific area of
> interest that she wants to learn (UI, game development, HPC, etc.), she
> just want to learn how to code.
>
> What do people think is the best language for a 12yr old to learn? What is
> most flexible to use for different purposes? What tools are out there to
> teach a kid to code? Code Academy and the like seem to be a little dry and
> never yielded wonderful results for most of the adults I know, so other
> ideas would be welcome.
>
> Thanks,
> Kenny
>
>
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