Everyone knows that I am always interested in teaching. The problem is that children usually aren't interested in all our technical jabber - though I do see one or two youngsters at each conference. Hail to the little geeks.
"Alice" is a 3D programming environment that gives children exposure to object oriented programming by using drag and drop graphics. They can add people, animals, objects, etc. to create a story.
It is currently used at 100 U.S. high schools and universities, which is great - but it could reach so many more. Did you know that the number of students studying Computer Science has dropped 50% in the last five years? We need tools like this to get children interested in our profession.
It's a FREE download. Try it. Show it to your kids. Encourage schools in your area to use it. Come on people, developers are one of the few that are passionate about what we do. If you aren't, you shouldn't be doing it.
Mentor. Teach. Share the science.
Learn more about Alice and download for free...
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