On Apr 1, 2013, at 9:45 AM, Sam Tobin-Hochstadt <sa...@ccs.neu.edu> wrote:
> I don't see why middle school students would have more trouble with > `require` than with any other aspect of the system. I tend to agree with Sam on this one. I haven't taught 12-year-old middle school students, but if they can handle (ellipse 50 30 "solid" "purple"), surely they can handle a boilerplate (require picturing-programs) or (require 2htdp/image). And as Sam points out, even if we keep the "Add Teachpack" dialog, it could work by inserting a "require" into the code. > Also, WeScheme just provides graphics libraries by default, which is > another option we could consider. Bad idea; somebody might want to teach with his/her own version of the graphics libraries. (I was in this boat before we bundled picturing-programs.) Stephen Bloch sbl...@adelphi.edu _________________________ Racket Developers list: http://lists.racket-lang.org/dev
