Got a question. I am teaching programming on schools (age 7-11). Up until now
I had been using the computers available on the schools but now I was asked
by a school to form a complete program. The school was thinking about
ipads....
Using this article (
http://www.fastcodesign.com/3051347/why-ipads-and-chromebooks-wont-save-the-classroom
) as an inspiration I convinced the head of the school that this was not a
good idea. Now I would have loved to use only free software, but the school
did not want to replace all their computers with Trisquel (yet!). I came up
with the idea of purchasing 20 Pi's and a couple of second hand monitors and
keyboards. I am aware of the problems with the Pi's but I think this is a
reasonable start. During my presentations and lessons I incorporate as much
free software/FSF/GPL as possible. We use Libreoffice, Scratch and Python at
the moment. Also, the fact we can use the Pi for other projects like
attaching LED's/motors is a big plus.
My question, what do you guys and girls think? What would be the best way to
teach programming on schools? I have more schools interested in this way of
working and I think teaching the way of Free Software at those schools is a
great way to raise awareness with kids.
I would love to hear your thoughts!
