On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 9:27 AM, kirby urner<kirby.ur...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, Aug 30, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Edward Cherlin<echer...@gmail.com> wrote: > > << SNIP >> > >> I am working on how to teach CS ideas in third grade using tools such >> as Etoys Smalltalk, UCBLogo, and Turtle Art, all of which are packaged >> in Sugar for the OLPC XO and other Linuces. Etoys and UCBLogo are >> available for numerous platforms, and Turtle Art is written in Python, >> making it easy to port. We already have more than 40 years experience >> teaching programming in elementary schools with Logo and Smalltalk. >> > > I'm glad you say "CS ideas" and not "CS"
Yes, it's all about Powerful Ideas, not about topics, the way curricula are currently written. I have a page on Kindergarten Calculus somewhere...Aha! http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Kindergarten_Calculus <SNIP SNAP SNORUM> > Kirby > -- Edward Mokurai Cherlin Silent Thunder (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) is my name, and Children are my nation. The Cosmos is my dwelling place, the Truth my destination. http://earthtreasury.org/ _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
