LiveCode Player for 5.5

Richard MacLemale richard at richardmac.com
Wed Mar 28 06:51:46 EDT 2012


On Mar 27, 2012, at 2:11 PM, Judy Perry wrote:

> And, yupp, iPads are the shiny new toys... that will suck budgetary funds out of nurses and teacher's aids and lunches for nothing (remember when having laptops in the classroom was the new shiny toy that accomplished what exactly??? and before that having a desktop computer in the classroom?).

I've seen very good work done with first graders, high school kids, and autistic kids in our district.  The iPad is a fantastic tool with great potential if you know what to do with it.  My wife teaches 2nd grade and whenever she brings the iPads in, the students love them.  A good teacher can translate that enthusiasm into learning.  A bad teacher will let the kids "play" on the technology and grade papers.  Too often technology gets blamed for bad teaching.

I agree that LiveCode presents a fantastic opportunity for students and I've never heard of a classroom actually using it.  I taught 5th grade a loooong time ago, and I had my kids programming in HyperCard.  A few of those kids are now working in computer science.  That makes me feel pretty awesome.  Course they were using a Desktop Computer in my classroom, which you just bashed.

:)
Richard MacLemale



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