My wife pointed out this item from the Wall Street Journal today, announcing a project called Kodu from Microsoft Research. Kodu is a graphical programming framework that kids can use to create their own video games. I had spoken to her about Fred Wilson’s recent post bemoaning that school computer classes are teaching kids word processing and spreadsheeting rather than programming. We’ve also talked a lot about how limited the opportunities are for kids to use their creativity. Kodu seems to have the potential to help in both areas.
Our sons (8 and 6 years old) want to be video game designers when they grow up. We’ll download Kodu, and perhaps they can get a head start on that starting, like, tomorrow!
You can download the Kodu PC development platform from a link in this Kodu blog post.
