On Sun, Apr 11, 2010 at 09:51:48PM -0400, calcp...@aol.com wrote: > As a Computer Science teacher, I am used to teaching my students a > number of introductory languages before they get to AP CS. I am never > satisfied with just one approach. I am going to dump all that in favor > of python next year. So, if Computer Science teachers end up using > python, I will be in the odd position of teaching only python for 2 > years of High School. You know, that wouldn't be all bad, my students > would then have a lot more experience with python before the AP exam. > As a Math teacher, this scenario is also appealing as I would have more > time fo math topics too (Discrete Math or Pythonic Math)!
Jorge I've enjoyed your comments on AP Calc list and now here. Ever heard of Teach Scheme/Reach Java (http://http://www.teach-scheme.org)? I like the idea of starting the AP CS year with a clean language and then "reaching" or finishing with Java. I wonder if AP CS with Python and Java would be ideal. Ideally we would have the same kids for a few years so that we could really sail in math classes with kids that know Python fairly well. cs _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
