When I was the computer teacher in a primary school back in 1983, I taught Logo. Everyone loved it!
-Elaine --- "Paul D. Fernhout" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/27/000248 > > Teaching Primary School Students Programming? > Posted by Cliff on Saturday August 26, @08:25PM > from the toddlers-as-coders dept. > Education Programming > NotesSensei asks: "Recently I was teasing the > teacher who runs the > computer club in my sons' primary school: 'You teach > the kids only how to > use software but not how to make software.' Today I > got an email: 'OK, > you're in: teach them programming.' Now I wonder > what language should I > pick? My first lesson will be the board game c-jump, > but after that? The > contestants are: Kids programming language KPL (ab > VB.net derivate; Java > using BlueJ; Greenfoot (and the BlueJ); and HTML. > Does it sound like I'm > on the right track or should I try something > completely different? We are > looking at primary 3-5 (that's 10-13 in this part of > the world). Where can > I find inspiration for the curriculum?" > > === > > Python is mentioned there, along with a lot of other > suggestions. > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
