The Kano team has taken the pi and made it much more sweeter. They have created an entire hardware kit that looks so good and compact. More importantly they have customized Linux and added programs and tools that specifically cater to the needs of kids and beginners.
The look and feel of the Graphical User Interface is breathtaking. They have taken the vanilla GUI and made it awesome. They use the block programming approach to learn programming using popular games like Pong and yes Minecraft. They us the same Pi as in Python as the underlying code and you can see the actual code that is being generated while you use the blocks to program your game.
You can buy a Kano Kit directly from their web site which is http://www.kano.me/
For kids and parents who want to kick start their programming experience the Kano kit is the way to go.
The good news is that Kano made their fabulous O.S , open source, which means it can be download from their web site for free. If you already have a Raspberry Pi , then load the Kano O.S on to it and experience Kano.
Instructions on how to install Kano are available on their web site. Here is the link
https://help.kano.me/hc/en-us/articles/201481812
Kano is definitely a good way to show kids and introduce them to Computer Science.
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