LiveCode --> HTML5, A new deployment option for LiveCode programmers: Show your games/programs/apps in a web browser ! A rare opportunity to help make a difference, (and get some great deals).
Go to: http://livecode.com/livecode-to-html5/ Converting LiveCode programs to HTML5 javascript is exciting to me as a teacher. I think it will attract more students to computer science, make programming more exciting and even change the way we teach computer programming in the schools.
We start students out with HTML. It is an easy and effective way to introduce them to computers and basic programming. They get used to the cycle of editing and testing, a precursor to programming's - edit, compile then run. They learn that details matter and planning is important. It is also excellent for teaching life lessons and social skills. It is rare to get a page right the first time. Programming teaches them that failure is okay. If they make a mistake, they go back and correct it. They learn patience and persistence. (note: We as teachers need to extend that thinking to other facets of their lives). The social skills include teamwork, collaboration, critiquing, helping and sharing. All of which are needed to produce an attractive, functional and pleasing website. After creating their own website, they have a feeling of pride, confidence and the enthusiasm to to go on to learn a formal programming language. They have the skillset and frame of mind to now do actual programming. They are ready and anxious to proceed to learning a programming language. We use LiveCode because it is the ideal language for new learners. It teaches the constructs and concepts without the burden of undue syntax, strange rules or overall complexity. Typically the students write programs sooner, easier and more sophisticated than with other languages. They tackle projects that are exciting, fun and more complex. Programming in LiveCode is easy because it writes like they talk. Not one student complains or gives up. They just do it. They create. They learn. They are enthusiastic and they enjoy programming more. They write fun games, useful programs and try their hand at difficult programs as chatrooms or multiplayer programs. They want to go on and learn more as well as other languages. Even the girls!
After teaching LiveCode, it would be exciting to go back to their webpages and make them interactive, more exciting and more impressive. They can apply the programming skills they just learned to add content and excitement to their previous webpages. They can add javascript functionality easily. They can program HTML5 features that match the professionally done websites they see and use on the web. They do not need to learn Javascript (which is not necessarily easy to teach ). It would also be fun to transfer the programs and games they have just written in LiveCode - to the web.
For the student, it would open up their worlds and the world to them.
Just think about it. They could write a program, then immediately show it to their parents and share it with their friends on the web. We are becoming a global community and this is the opportunity to join in with our students. In short, LiveCode to HTML5 is a game changer - educationally, globally and for the teaching of programming itself. If you agree, then consider participating (and getting some great deals) To participate, go to HTML5 (ending soon) |
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