http://showmedo.com/videos/series?name=pythonJensFromKidsSeries
On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 10:23 PM, Raja Iskandar Shah <[email protected]> wrote: > depends on what you want them to do. need to identify a real world theme > first - animation / content / game ? > > imho, html and javascript is a good starting point to build interest - > mainly because it is so easy to publish on the web via blogs / cms / social > networks / etc that they can show off to their friends. there are some > tutorials on http://www.w3schools.com/ - there are also certification > courses that the students can do online. > > html is a markup language while javascript is a scripting language. so you > can start with the multi-tier abstraction concept from very early on. so > that it is easier for them to move on to oop and mvc later. > > then they can branch out to php / phyton / ruby / java / asp / dotnet etc > > my earliest programming was when i was 15 using basic and the project was a > flight reservation system (dos gui). my second project was when i was 18 > which was on basic but this time a ww2 fighter plane simulator (using > polygons). the important thing that i learned was how to reuse code (lots of > goto ;p) > > j2me is also quite interesting so that they can share their applications > with friends. > > programming is only fun when you can easily share (or 'show off') your work > with friends - like oss ;-) > > > > > > On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 9:06 PM, Liew BengKeat <[email protected]> > wrote: >> >> You shld try Python. A lot has been written abt the suitability of Python >> for teaching programming. >> >> Check out Python-based RURPLE (http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/rur.htm) >> or Turtle Graphics (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PythonTurtle) as well. Note >> that there are various implementations of the latter. Choose what works best >> for you. >> >> rgds >> Beng Keat >> >> On Wed, Sep 23, 2009 at 7:36 PM, Harisfazillah Jamel >> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Assalamualaikum and salam sejahtera >>> >>> Im looking for programming language that can be easily used for kids >>> between standard 4 till 6 and later extend to form 1 till 3. >>> >>> During my age (form 2 - 1986) We start learning programming using LOGO >>> >>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logo_(programming_language) >>> >>> and later BASIC >>> >>> Im want to introduce Gambas2 >>> >>> http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html >>> >>> My idea is to create simple syslabus and teaching guide. >>> >>> >> >> >> > > > > > -- Mohd Izhar Firdaus Bin Ismail Amano Hikaru 天野晃 「あまの ひかる」 Fedora Malaysia Contributor & Ambassador http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/MohdIzharFirdaus http://blog.kagesenshi.org 92C2 B295 B40B B3DC 6866 5011 5BD2 584A 8A5D 7331 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Join Open Source Developers Club Malaysia http://www.osdc.my/ Facebook Fan page http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=98685301577 http://www.facebook.com/OSDC.my You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "OSDC.my Mailing List" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/osdcmy-list?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
