I'm using CS Circles in my 11th grade CS class. http://cscircles.cemc.uwaterloo.ca/
Students can set you up as their "guru" so you can monitor their progress and they can communicate with you when they are stuck on something. It's excellent, IMO. -Peter On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 6:00 AM, <edu-sig-requ...@python.org> wrote: > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Clint Johns <clint.m.jo...@gmail.com> > To: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> > Cc: > Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 14:14:11 -0800 > Subject: [Edu-sig] Looking for a course syllabus exemplars for a high > school year-long course in Python/Javascript > Greetings Python community, > > I have been asked to create an introduction to programming course, with an > emphasis on Python and JavaScript, for this upcoming school year. > > My knowledge of Python is beginning/intermediate, but I am willing to > learn in order to make this a viable course. I am interested in interfacing > with LEGO NXT and EV3 robotics kits, and possibly designing some games. > > If any of you can point me to some resources, it would be of great help, > and I would be extremely thankful. > > Continued success in all you do, > > Clint Johns > computer science teacher > San Francisco Bay Area, CA > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: roberto <robert...@gmail.com> > To: Clint Johns <clint.m.jo...@gmail.com> > Cc: "edu-sig@python.org" <edu-sig@python.org> > Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2014 10:47:18 +0100 > Subject: Re: [Edu-sig] Looking for a course syllabus exemplars for a high > school year-long course in Python/Javascript > Hi Clint, > I was in your very situation in the past, and these are resources I > consider good: > - > http://www.amazon.com/Mathematics-Digital-Age-Programming-Python/dp/0972705589 > - http://inventwithpython.com/ > - https://www.udacity.com/course/cs101 > > > According to the level of your students, and yours as well, you might be > more comfortable with one or more of the above mentioned. > I regularly run robotics after-school courses but I've never found > extremely helpful Python on NXT, for a number of technical glitches on it. > I prefer to focus on the learning way more than on the technical aspects > of the business. > > Hope this helps! > Have a great day. > Roberto. >
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