Small Basic Teaches Kids How to Program
The article I chose to write about this week is some interesting software that Microsoft has been making for sometime. The name of the software is Small Basic, they market it as a “tool designed for kids to learn programming in a ‘codeless’ environment. This program has been in the works for over a year.
This is one of the first true programs design specifically for children. I personally am really excited about this, I have wanted to learn more about programming for a while but have not really had a good program to start learning on. This program offers the technology I need and has plenty of resources that I can access. I love how they say they designed it for kids nine and up but really they are trying to say that it is a very simply put step-by-step listen guide that allows people to learn the basic, and still branch off using the neat interface that Small Basic offers. Small Basic offers the ability to use third party applications within Small Basic. This attracts many experienced programmers to look into Small Basic. By allowing the ability to have third party applications running they opened up a huge opportunity to programmers throughout the world to make this even more advanced then it is now.
In the end this program has changed the way people are learning about computers. This is very good for the future of computers and learning how to work with them. Programming is a big thing in this day and age, and if you know how to do it you can make a ton of money. I am going to try and learn the basics so I can get a grasp on programming enough to start my own web page.
Work Citied
http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/small_basic_teaches_kids_how_t.php
External Sources
http://smallbasic.sourceforge.net/
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