On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 2:57 AM, Manusheel Gupta <[email protected]> wrote: > Nick, > Excellent link. Thanks for sharing it. > Manu > > On Wed, Jul 6, 2011 at 12:10 PM, Nicholas Doiron <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> This link was circulating over the weekend: how do you explain computer >> programming to a 15 year old in 30 minutes or less?
Interesting how few answers touched on giving the child a hands-on experience. Of course my answer is to jump right into Turtle Art :P -walter >> >> >> http://programmers.stackexchange.com/questions/84866/30-minutes-to-explain-programming-to-a-15-year-old >> >> What I like most about these answers is that they should work even when >> time is short and kids already use computers at home. There are some quick >> exercises and thought experiments to help understand code in a way that >> everyday computer use shields us from. >> >> Regards, >> Nick Doiron >> >> _______________________________________________ >> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) >> [email protected] >> http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > [email protected] > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > -- Walter Bender Sugar Labs http://www.sugarlabs.org _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
