2010/6/17 Steve G. <word...@gmail.com> > Not a bad idea - organize a community center for children with computer > training based on open source. Teach children how to build web sites, write > html, css, maybe even javascript and java. Maybe also repairing and building > computers. >
IMO, teaching Java to kids is a sure way of weeding out any enthusiasm they might feel towards programming. Make that Python, Ruby or even Perl ;-) . You do not want to worry about OOP design and declarative boilerplate in your first sip of the programming soup. Messing with hardware, OTOH, is a cool idea (with due safety precautions of course). > Alice, a program from Carnegie Mellon, is geared towards teaching children > programming principles. Logo, or variants of it, are open source, or > available for Linux. > > This is something that can give future opportunities for deprived and > average children both. > > Z. >
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