KidBasic Programs written at AALC

During March 2008, I taught a small "enrichment" class at AALC, to a group of 8 boys, ages 8-10.

After just 3 sessions, each a little over an hour, these students were writing programs that could do simple animation.

  1. emmaPanda.kbs, first use of drawing circles to make a panda face.
  2. crystal.kbs, beginning use of animation -- looks like a growing crystal.
  3. moire.kbs, beginning use of animation -- "moire" effect of adding lines.
  4. flicker10000.kbs, more advanced animation, a "bouncing" circle.
  5. movingSquare.kbs, animation under control of arrow keys.
  6. movingCircle.kbs, animation under control of arrow keys.
  7. charlesSaucer.kbs, advanced animation -- an adult example, showing a "flying saucer" controlled by the arrow keys.  Each arrow key hit speeds up the saucer's movement by a little bit in that direction.