I teach high school students introductory HTML, CSS, & JS on behalf of a non-profit so I'm somewhat familiar with the problem space.
I teach high school students introductory HTML, CSS, & JS on behalf of a non-profit so I'm somewhat familiar with the problem space. What makes languages such as these and Scratch beneficial is that they decouple logic from the syntax. I can't tell you how frustrating it is for high schoolers to hit the syntax wall and lose interest altogether. At this age (14-18) when you haven't necessarily built up the grit and persistence you have as an adult, tools such as these keep the student progressing and motivated. Eventually you take the training wheels off and have them engage in real coding. Languages such as these and tools such as Scratch serve as a crucial bridge to that end state.
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I mean that's the problem though.
I've always believed the opposite: get conditionals deep in your code so that the higher level control flow is regular.
The biggest problem with AI isn't being able to do things.
I am a 3D printing maker type nerd (I make my own tools for other creative tasks, rather than as their own outcomes) and I saw an incredi...
Of course not, those are clearly scams.
Claude makes more detailed plans that seem better if you just skim them, but when analyzed, has a lot of errors, usually.
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I teach high school students introductory HTML, CSS, & JS on behalf of a non-profit so I'm somewhat familiar with the problem space.
I teach high school students introductory HTML, CSS, & JS on behalf of a non-profit so I'm somewhat familiar with the problem space. What makes languages such as these and Scratch beneficial is that they decouple logic from the syntax. I can't tell you how frustrating it is for high schoolers to hit the syntax wall and lose interest altogether. At this age (14-18) when you haven't necessarily built up the grit and persistence you have as an adult, tools such as these keep the student progressing and motivated. Eventually you take the training wheels off and have them engage in real coding. Languages such as these and tools such as Scratch serve as a crucial bridge to that end state.
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