Re: [squeakland] Four year old and her older sister win a Squeak-based programming contest in Singapore
Thanks, Harish for sharing with us! This is very cool!
May we have your permission to include as part of our Squeakland blog or news?
Certainly. The more the merrier.
regards to you, Kim Rose
On Jul 20, 2009, at 7:54 AM, Harish Pillay 9v1hp wrote:
I thought I should share this success story on this list.
http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Singapore/Story/STIStory_405695....
I am a concil member of the Singapore IT Standards Committee[1] and an organizer of the code::XtremeApps[2] programming contest. We have had a Junior Category since 2008 and it is targeted at children 12 years and below. Last year we used Alice and this year we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children participate in this contest.
The link above is about a two-person team (a 4 year old and her 8 year old sister) who wrote an application on healthy lifestyle focusing on anti-smoking messages.
Thanks.
[1] http://www.itsc.org.sg [2] http://www.itsc.org.sg/codeXtremeApps2009.html --
Harish,
On July 20 you wrote:
Last year we used Alice and this year we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children participate in this contest.
Will any of the programs be available for download for other children, teachers and parents to play with or adapt?
If not, are there any videos or screenshots of the code in action?
Best, David (an interested parent)
David -
On July 20 you wrote:
Last year we used Alice and this year we used Squeak. We had about 31 teams with about 80 children participate in this contest.
Will any of the programs be available for download for other children, teachers and parents to play with or adapt?
If not, are there any videos or screenshots of the code in action?
I had asked them to make it available. I will check and revert. Thanks for the reminder!
Best, David (an interested parent)
squeakland@lists.squeakfoundation.org
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David Corking -
Harish Pillay 9v1hp