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Boku: Turning Programming Into Kid's Stuff

Posted By: D. Begley | Oct 29th, 2008 @ 10:29 AM | 3,467 Views | 1 Comment

Boku is a fun, intellectually-stimulating game, developed by Microsoft Research, that introduces kids to programming while they play. Through programming Boku, a virtual robot, kids learn the basic principles of logic, analysis and design used in programming. The 3-D interactive game is designed to demystify programming and spark kids’ interest in a career in science. Kids as young as nine have already used Boku in trials to create their own games.

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Is there any chance of this every being made available under some kind of beta program? It looks facinating.

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