On 2/24/06, Peter Chase <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm teaching some prospective K-12 teachers this summer and propose to > introduce them to Python. Reasons are numerous > - It's the least weird language I know. > - It offers so many programming styles. > - And not least, it's free > > SO: Any recommendations as to course textbooks? Or just go with Zelle > and/or O'Reilly's latest wood rat book? > - The students presumably have had programming courses already.
> - I would think that K-12 students would be happier if they could > generate some graphics. > - This is a 6-weeks course. Little leisure time. I imagine that the final goal is to leave them with tools that they can use to teach Python themselves. I would suggest looking at two different approaches, possibly including them both: 1) http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/. 2) either gvr.sourceforge.net or rur-ple.sourceforge.net gvr (Guido van Robot) is the more mature of the two ... but is not really Python (although it is a good introduction that leads to Python programming). rur-ple is an introduction to Python programming. It is still in development and will eventually include an introduction to graphics programming (in the context of simple games); this may not be included by the beginning of this summer though. It has more teaching material included than GvR - but has not been as thoroughly tested. All of the above are free to use. André > > Appreciate any advice. > > Peter Chase > Sul Ross State University > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig