Warren and Carter - congratulations on your book. I just reviewed it
in my blog and twittered about it.
Here is the text from my blog post - (feel free to correct me )
Chuck Severance
www.dr-chuck.com
I am an advocate for using Python as a first language and for using
programming as a tool to explore abstract concepts and technology
literacy (Informatics) starting in elementary and middle school. Here
is a book written for kids using Python that looks like it can support
making Python accessible to younger learners.
Hello World! Computer Programming for Kids and Other Beginners
The book is written by the father and son pair of Warren D. Sande and
Carter Sande.
Here is an interview with the author and his son on Canadian
Television with the authors:
http://watch.ctv.ca/news/clip186877
Here is the web site for the book including several sample chapters:
http://www.manning.com/sande/
This is very cool and I will buy the book and then review it in more
detail.
On first glance looking at the sample chapters and table of contents,
it looks well siuted for K-12 applications since has many short
chapters, gets into graphics quickly using its own GUI (easygui), and
is careful to have lots of additional explanation in areas that
readers might have questions. Of course since Carter Sande is still in
K12 it is very natural to have it structured properly for K12.
Perhaps after they get done with Warren and Carter's book - the
students will want to web programming on Google App Engine! And of
course there is a book for that - Using Google App Engine.
This all moves us further down the path of technology literacy based
on foundations of open source technology and transforming K-20
education to include technology literacy at the right places.
Congratulations to Warren and Carter!
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