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ToonTalk(TM)--An Animated Programming Environment for Children.

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Kahn, Ken – 1995

This paper describes ToonTalk, a general-purpose concurrent programming system in which the source code is animated and the programming environment is a video game. The design objectives of ToonTalk were to create a self-teaching programming system for children that was also a very powerful and flexible programming tool. A keyboard can be used for…

Descriptors: Authoring Aids (Programming), Autoinstructional Aids, Children, Computer Games

A Microcomputer Training System for Electric Wheelchair Users.

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Crocker, D. M. E.; Turner, J. D. – Computers and Education, 1988

Outlines the development of a computer-based means of assessment and training for motorized wheelchair users. Programs designed to run on a BBC microcomputer that allow the ability of a severely handicapped person to be tested are explained; a joystick-controlled wheelchair simulation is described, and its use with children highlighted.…

Descriptors: Ability Identification, Children, Computer Graphics, Computer Simulation