Apologies for the double-post, but I just remembered the Khan Academy has been fleshing out their computer science section. It's even taught in python: http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=36E7A2B75028A3D6
As far as a general introduction to computer science and python in particular, I very much enjoy *How To Think Like a Computer Scientist*: http://greenteapress.com/thinkpython/thinkCSpy/html/ On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:44 PM, erik schoster <ejschos...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a very nice introduction to the fundamentals, IMHO: > http://algorithms.openmymind.net/ > > > > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 2:31 PM, roberto <robert...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I have to help a teenager who's fond of computer science. >> He told me he wants to learn "the tough algorithms out there". Of >> course, nobody helps him at school. >> >> I'd like to know some resources to guide him from the very basics of >> programming to as far as he can at the moment. >> Since python is my first choice, personally speaking, can you give me >> some suggestion about a step-by-step introduction to algorithms ? >> >> Thank you ! >> >> -- >> roberto >> _______________________________________________ >> Edu-sig mailing list >> Edu-sig@python.org >> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig >> > >
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