http://blogs.technet.com/matt_deacon/archive/tags/Programming/default.aspxTags: Programmingen-USCommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)http://blogs.technet.com/matt_deacon/archive/2007/05/21/programming-for-kids.aspxMon, 21 May 2007 17:04:00 GMTd5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:1010730Matt Deacon0http://blogs.technet.com/matt_deacon/comments/1010730.aspxhttp://blogs.technet.com/matt_deacon/commentrss.aspx?PostID=1010730<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>I've been trying to find a moment to look at the XNA Games&nbsp;Studio since I got to see a presentation from a colleague at work. It started me thinking a bit about my kids and whether they're too young to have a go at coding (ok so they're 1, 5 and 6 years old so XNA was more for me to play with I guess:))!&nbsp;</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Anyway, here's a short list from an internal mail list that I plan to look through ... but would be interested in any thoughts from out there?</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Squeak (</FONT><A href="http://www.squeak.org/" mce_href="http://www.squeak.org/"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>http://www.squeak.org/</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>) </FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Pooples (</FONT><A href="http://cise.sbu.ac.uk/pooples/pooples/index.html" mce_href="http://cise.sbu.ac.uk/pooples/pooples/index.html"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>http://cise.sbu.ac.uk/pooples/pooples/index.html</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>).&nbsp; </FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Kids Programming Language (</FONT><A href="http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/" mce_href="http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>http://www.kidsprogramminglanguage.com/</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>) </FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Phrogram (</FONT><A href="http://www.phrogram.com/" mce_href="http://www.phrogram.com/"><FONT face=Calibri color=#0000ff>http://www.phrogram.com</FONT></A><FONT face=Calibri>)</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Then there is "First Programming Language" that is the UKs entry from Hull University in this years Imagine Cup competition.</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri></FONT></SPAN>&nbsp;</P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><FONT face=Calibri>Cool!</FONT></SPAN></P> <P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt"><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></FONT></FONT>&nbsp;</P><img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=1010730" width="1" height="1">XNAProgramming