Programming languages used in high-schools here include Scratch, Javascript, and Python. Myself, I've always had a fondness for StarLogo/NetLogo.
On 19 June 2018 at 15:08, horrido <[email protected]> wrote: > I appreciate what you're saying, and certainly the things you want to see > funded are worthwhile. However, the goals for my programming competition > are > quite different, for example: > > #1 – raise the public profile of Smalltalk across a broad swath of the > population in Canada and other countries. Word of mouth about the > competition will spread beyond Canada, esp. after the winners of the > competition gain some local media coverage. > > #2 – generate excitement and interest in kids, esp. at the high school > level. There's nothing better than a sports-like competition to achieve > this. > > #3 – by generating interest in kids, we seed the next generation of > programmers with knowledge and experience in Smalltalk. This is not unlike > the way interest in Linux grew from students in colleges and universities > throughout recent decades. > > #4 – convince educators to include Smalltalk in their curriculums. I don't > know what programming languages are being taught in high schools, but I > know > it's not Smalltalk. I tried reaching out to local school boards, but they > showed no interest. > > In colleges and universities, the most commonly taught languages are Python > and Java. At least, that's the case in North America, I don't know about > Europe. I hope to open their eyes to Smalltalk. > > This is a decidedly marketing-based approach, something that I don't > believe > any other programming language has tried. It's a worthwhile experiment, and > that's why I hope Smalltalkers everywhere will stand behind it. > > > Offray Vladimir Luna Cárdenas-2 wrote > > H :-), > > > > > > On 16/06/18 18:12, horrido wrote: > >> FYI, I am trying to jumpstart a Smalltalk programming competition. Read > >> all > >> about it here. > >> <https://medium.com/@richardeng/smalltalk-programming-competition- > 2be77cab0e75> > >> > >> My plan is to use Pharo for this competition, even if it makes companies > >> like Cincom and Instantiations unhappy. > >> > >> Any support this competition can receive would be greatly appreciated. > > > > I just tweeted about it. > > > > I'm not into a competition spirit, so I would like to think in other > > possibilities to fund Pharo, even in the main goal is not reached (USD $ > > 30k). For example, I remember Mozilla thinking in Mozilla Spaces (kind > > of hacker/maker spaces for Open Web learning by doing in a community > > mindset). Our local hackerspaces cost something like USD $6.5K a year > > and it has been a good Pharo Space for almost three years of continuous > > activities and several outputs and prototypes as detailed at [1]. I'm > > not telling that you should invest in us particularly, but that even > > from and alternative perspective that is not related with funding > > individuals but communities, the same money that allows only 3 > > scholarships of individuals after competing each other, would make 4 or > > 5 communities sustainable in the Global South for a year, related with > > Pharo and other activities and here we have the advantage of not having > > a lot of technical debt with popular languages well spread in all > > population, like happens in the Global North. > > > > [1] > > http://mutabit.com/repos.fossil/grafoscopio/doc/tip/ > Docs/En/success-story.md > > > > Maybe these ideas could help in some way when combined with yours and > > allow you a model for flexible funding, like the one of Indie GoGo, so > > instead of a all or nothing funding for the competence, you could have a > > modular approach that allow you to fund several Pharospaces across the > > world, for each USD 6.5k you get, starting with those located in the > > Global South (which can be more potent, more agile and cheaper). > > > > Just my two pesos. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Offray > > > > > > -- > Sent from: http://forum.world.st/Pharo-Smalltalk-Users-f1310670.html > >
