Programming For Kids Magazine

Certiport today named Fung Yin Sang, 20, and Fu Shing Kong, 18, from Hong Kong this year’s World Champions in Word 2003 and Excel® 2003 for culmination of the most prolific competition on Microsoft® Office to date. In its eighth year, the 2009 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office boasts more than 80,000 student competitors hailing from 53 countries who participated in rounds of local, country and regional competitions—capped by the Championship Round in Toronto, Canada. “Right now I feel very excited,” said Word winner Fung Yin Sang. Notwithstanding his victory, he said he still has more to learn on the Microsoft Office suite of applications. He plans to learn even more about them. “Actually this was unexpected,” said Excel winner Fu Shing Kong. “I didn’t think I could beat so many strong candidates.” Go to the Certiport channel at www.youtube.com/user/certip... (more)

Teaching Kids Programming: Even Younger Kids Can Learn Java

My solution to the problem? I've written my own e-book on it: Java Programming for Kids, Parents and Grandparents. Dave became my first kid student and this has helped me a lot to understand the mentality of the little people. This is what I've learned while working on this project: Most of the programming tasks require minimal knowledge of arithmetic and algebra skills. To start programming, a kid needs to understand what x = y+2 means. Another important concept to understand is an if statement.   Kids develop the abstract reasoning abilities by the fourth-fifth grade, and they... (more)

Connecting With Kids: A View Into the Future of Computer-Human Interaction and Education at CHI 2005: 2-7 April, Portland, Oregon

NEW YORK, NY and PORTLAND, OR -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 03/01/05 -- As more technologies make their way into children's schools, homes, and public places, the challenge is to design technologies that can keep up with the energy of children. Today's children are mobile, active beings who take for granted IM, iPods, and the Internet. "The educational community has embraced the use of computers as teaching tools, yet many institutions will simply install 'what everyone else is using' without questioning how technology can best be used to enhance education," says Dr. Allison Druin, (Unive... (more)

Taiwanese Student Wins Title of ‘World Champ’ in Microsoft Office Excel 2007 in Competition Hosted by Certiport

Certiport today named Wen Hsiu Liu, 26, from Taiwan this year’s World Champion in Excel® 2007 for culmination of the most prolific competition on Microsoft® Office to date. In its eighth year, the 2009 Worldwide Competition on Microsoft Office boasts more than 80,000 student competitors hailing from 53 countries who participated in rounds of local, country and regional competitions—capped by the Championship Round in Toronto, Canada. “I want to help other students learn to use Excel when I return to Taiwan,” said Wen Hsiu Liu who was the first ever student from Taiwan to win th... (more)

Safe Computer Kids Releases the Nation's Most Comprehensive Cyber Safety Toolkit to the Marketplace

BRISTOL, RI -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 09/18/06 -- Parents can finally breathe easier, as this month, Mr. Ian McLellan, CEO of Safe Computer Kids, brought to the world's attention a revolutionary new cyber safety toolkit that allows parents to monitor their kids' online activity and translate their instant message acronym lingo. The computer monitoring software component of the cyber safety toolkit is so incredible it's already been awarded the "PC Magazine Editors' Choice" award for Best Internet Monitoring two times. After speaking with a number of parents and realizing the concern par... (more)