Re: [IAEP] [Edu-sig] ACM Urges Obama to Include CS as Core ComponentofScience, Math Education

2009-01-14 Thread kirby urner
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 11:18 AM, gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada) gerry.lo...@abilitybusinesscomputerservices.com wrote: Actually, I was not talking about prodigies of any age. The idea was not about hitting a pre-teen with ... J, rather it's about using J as a workbench with which

Re: [IAEP] [Edu-sig] ACM Urges Obama to Include CS as Core ComponentofScience, Math Education

2009-01-01 Thread gerry_lowry (alliston ontario canada)
Actually, I was not talking about prodigies of any age. The idea was not about hitting a pre-teen with ... J, rather it's about using J as a workbench with which educators can rapidly mentor your average student to experiment and grow with J and with the J IDE. In the following example, I