Hi, I often read about schools in the US using Python as a first introduction to computer programming.
For high school level I know they often use http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/ as a reference. For younger kids I think this is a popular one: http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/rur.htm In the US they seem to be a lot more "advanced" with educating their kids these things. Apart from the occasional hobbyist teacher, I never got the impression that in Dutch schools there are activities like this. Anyone know of examples where they are doing this (in Holland)? On a side note: I admire how (in the US) they know how to make it sort of fun for the kids to learn programming (through games, game-programming or things like LEGO Mindstorms/Robotics). I always felt that Dutch schools lacked this kind of approach to teaching. Cheers, Bram On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Perica Zivkovic <perica.zivko...@gmail.com>wrote: > Hi there, > I had contact with several schools/universities in US which are using > Portable Python in their classrooms. They install it on USB (or local) > drives and everything works, no permissions/ configuration hassle. If kids > broke installation it is simple matter of re-extracting Portable Python > again and viola they can continue programming. > > On the homepage of the project in "Useful links" you can find couple of > links to free python books. > > In the next version I plan to include (optional) documentation together > with Portable Python (http://www.PortablePython.com). > > regards, > > Perica > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Abhishek Mishra <ideam...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> >From some source that I can't remember at this moment, I remember >> hearing about how Python is popularly used as a beginner's language to >> teach kids programming in European countries. Could some one verify >> this for me? >> And if yes, it is true that Python is being used in such a nice way, >> then I would like to ask as to what kind of teaching materials are >> being used for the purpose? >> Are they tutorials picked from the internet, or modified and >> simplified versions of guides like 'Dive into Python' ? >> Could someone point to Python teaching material for kids, if available >> on the internet ? >> >> Thanks, >> Abhishek Mishra >> _______________________________________________ >> Python-nl mailing list >> Python-nl@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nl >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Python-nl mailing list > Python-nl@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-nl > >
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