This
was a week of Scratch. As I gain more
experience with the visual programming language, I’ve started to like it
more. Liking it, admittedly, is not the
same as thinking highly of it. One can
create a stopwatch in Scratch, sure, albeit with some difficulty; perhaps one
can create almost anything in Scratch.
But I’m not sure it’s a good educational tool. Then again, I know very little about
programming….
The
other big news this week is that we might be switching away from the
university-credit coursework because it’s too easy. There’s reason in this argument- this has
been, probably, the easiest course I’m currently taking, and not the most
interesting, though it’s had its ups. At
the same time, I’m rather worried for what such a turnaround might do. Time will tell, I suppose.
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