As I watch more and more adults who perceive computers as "black boxes" in which magic happens and over which we have no control (or even understanding), I am convinced we need to give our students experience programming. We need to give every student experience in programming-- the rich white male computer geek as well as all of his classmates regardless of gender, race, or socioeconomic status.
Processing is a relatively easy to use (and open source!) tool for creating animations. It can be installed in a short time and there are online tutorials available that will get middle schoolers writing programs in a matter of minutes (maybe tens of minutes).
Visit the Processing web site
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