On 01/02/13 10:09, Peter Merchant wrote:
On 01/02/13 09:06, Tim Allen wrote:
On 31/01/13 18:57, Terry Coles wrote:
On Thursday 31 Jan 2013 13:38:55 Ralph Corderoy wrote:
What kind of teaching are they going to do? Playing with Scratch, or
doing it properly by teaching them logic and flowcharting first, then
basics of using a language, and programme structure etc, or what?
I don't agree there's only one "properly" and starting with logic
would
seem to be a very dry approach with little apparent connection to the
real world. Some maths is taught this way and the connection between
I agree. At primary level the idea is to make the learning fun,
just as the
Turtle did on the BBC Micro.
Remember the Pi was developed to bring back the magic that the BBC
Micro had.
Just got one of these yesterday and it's a really impressive bit of
kit. And at something like 1/30th the cost of a BBC micro in real terms.
Tim
Terry - That was the Logo language wasn't it? I wonder if it is
available for the R-Pi.
Tim - Will you take your R-Pi to the meet on Tuesday, I won't be able
to come, but I could pack up mine with an Ethernet hub and PSU so that
you could play with it?
Cheers,
Peter
Answering my own question:
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=34&t=28042
P.
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