Using algebra as a basis for teaching programming is great. I've used it at times as a lead-in: you basically use the same terminology (functions), and kids really like being able to replace the actual calculations with a function that can be 'worked out' by the computer.
You could also approach it from a variety of different directions. GUI programming is possible, but with the class I am working with now I wish I'd had more chance to spend teaching other stuff before having to move to a GUI toolkit. Matt. On 23/07/07, Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi, > > i have the opportunity to teach python at the local public school and > my company will pay for my time off of work to volunteer. i talked to > the school and i can set the curriculum and the age of the students > how i want. the grades available to me are K-12. my question to this > email list is does anyone have a curriculum that i could borrow from. > i need to put together a syllabus and plan for 18 1 hour sessions. > i'm thinking about setting minimum requirement to those that have > taken at least 1 quarter of algebra. if you think that's not the > right thing to do please let me know. > > thanks, > > bryan > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > -- Matthew Schinckel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Feynman Problem-Solving Algorithm: (1) write down the problem; (2) think very hard; (3) write down the answer. _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list [email protected] http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
