> Posted by: "nneff" [email protected] nneff
> Date: Mon Dec 15, 2008 7:06 pm ((PST))
>
> I'm getting chills typing this message.
>
> I've been looking for a simple programming tool to use for mentorship
> class for a long time.
>
> Here's a requirements page, if anyone has any other suggestions:
> http://wiki.bworks.org/beginner_programming_tools
Nate, I like your comments -- one thing I noted was the system
requirements section:
Linux compatible
256 MB of RAM
Pentium 4 CPU or ~800+ MHz processor
At first I was thinking that would be a problem -- we are still using
PIII with 550MHz or better processor as the spec for the childrens
graduate machine.
But then I got to thinking ... there are only a few mentorship kids, as
opposed to the number of children in the EAC course.
We have talked before about the mentorship kids learning how to build
computers -- just Saturday Caleb expressed an interest in starting to
help us with that after the first of the year.
I think it would be very possible for the mentorship kids to "cash in"
their graduate computer for a more powerful one (i.e., a Pentium 4 that
meets your requirements), especially if, in doing so, they helped to
build computers for other children.
What do you think?
Theresa
