[NTLUG:Discuss] "Computer Programming for Everybody" Project, in Python

[Brian]

My .02 worth of links:

http://www.seul.org

They've done a great deal to promote computer/human interaction in our
schools through applications and modeling tools running under Linux...

  --Brian

Steve Baker wrote:

> Jeff Rush wrote:
> >
> > A new project is starting that will work to get Python programming,
> > at a new level, into the high schools.  Although I'm skeptical that
> > -everyone- can learn to program, the paper at the URL below
> > makes a good case for why and how to do it.
>
> Wow!  That'll be "A Good Thing" if it takes off. (Although
> comp.lang.python - or whatever it is - is going to get "interesting"
> with 50 million schoolkids on the scene!  :-)
>
> > And of course, I'm for anything related to Python... <grin>
>
> Well - I'm not personally excited by Python - but it WILL be
> an excellent choice for this project.
>
> [OT]
>
> One of the computer literacy ideas that I've been tossing around
> is this:
>
>   http://web2.airmail.net/sjbaker1/software/hiccup.html
>
> Bear in mind it's written for teachers and little kids - and
> not computer professionals!
>
> I have yet to find a teacher who'd let me try it out on real
> kids...but in any case, it's a work-in-progress
>
> ...I've also done an updated port of the old Berkely LOGO
> interpreter to Linux with the idea of teaching it to my 8yr
> old son. (I should probably put that back into the public
> domain sometime).
>
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