jbeausej Do you think code blocks could be better than the deprecated visual scripting editor?
I do not have a clear definite opinion on this issue. I think that for such an opinion, you need to have experience of practical teaching, and I have no such experience yet. I was not able to establish a relationship with a nearby school and open a course there. But I intend to try again next school year. And so I only have very rough thoughts.
Visual programming, is good for the very beginning — to get acquainted with the subject — when the tutor writes programs in advance, and the student by changing parameters observes the result. But later on it is very important to teach students to write code properly, not to use templates. I know a case where the teacher deliberately gave a picture of the code, so that students would get used to typing it in, not copying it. I think this case is wrong, but the direction is right. Ideally, bring code formatting to automatism. But this depends on many factors: available time, target level of training, material provision etc… Maybe when I start teaching I will change my opinion.
