We just started the second annual EdBoost computer camp, ComputerBoost!, of course, with a new parcel of land, courtesy of Virtual World Campus (we've leased the land through FireSabre). This piece of land is certainly quite picturesque and we have river and ocean views. The kids have, as usual, gotten busy building all kinds of structures.
In terms of programming, this batch of kids is amazing! They've covered 5 lessons so far. In two days, they learned to create objects, have them talk, have them listen, make them change colors, make them move (using the 3-D vectors), and make them explode (which involves having the object listen to an explode command, make a noise, and shoot out a picture). For practical reasons, many of them have also learned to talk on different channels and they've definitely learned to raid Ed's inventory for his images, sounds, and songs. Greg's exploder sings Blue Moon when it explodes! William's exploder shoots out pictures of Homer Simpson. In super-advanced moves, William has managed to create a rocket ship out of his object (by appending other objects), put his script into the rocket, so it now moves (he can ride it) and explodes (although he's altered the program so that the explosion is really more of a blast off of Homer Simpsons than a proper explosion.
Today we learn to rez... which should be really fun.
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