On Sun, Apr 19, 2009 at 9:49 PM, Scott David Daniels
scott.dani...@acm.org wrote:
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But here is a learning opportunity as well -- too many students are
used to received wisdom, and assume there is nothing to discover.
To say that Python is in motion, that we have learned from our
How do kids these days get started in programming?
http://www.ensode.net/roller/dheffelfinger/entry/how_do_kids_these_days
Many experiences there mention that now kids start programming by playing with
their calculators. Others speculate that kids start programming by inspecting
HTML and
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 10:46 AM, Daniel Ajoy da.a...@gmail.com wrote:
How do kids these days get started in programming?
http://www.ensode.net/roller/dheffelfinger/entry/how_do_kids_these_days
Many experiences there mention that now kids start programming by playing
with their calculators.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com wrote:
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That's why I am looking for kid-friendly AND large communities of
practice first and foremost for any educational endeavors...
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Cheers,
MariaD
There's the old chicken versus egg problem when it comes to
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 9:22 AM, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 12:02 PM, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote:
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:21 AM, Maria Droujkova droujk...@gmail.com wrote:
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That's why I am looking for kid-friendly AND large
That's already handled in Celestia, an open source project and
mentioned in my write-up of the Winterhaven Experiment. We also use
Solaria, links on request.
Kirby
Sorry, Stellarium.
This page on Winterhaven Experiment (2007) mentions both.
Click 'Functions and Generators' at the end for
This page on Winterhaven Experiment (2007) mentions both.
2005.
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