Hi, have you noticed a recent post about http://interactivepython.org/courselib/static/thinkcspy/PythonTurtle/helloturtle.html#iteration-simplifies-our-turtle-program based on http://www.skulpt.org/
and Coursera starts a course on 15th of September with the same tool https://www.coursera.org/#course/interactivepython On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 2:06 AM, Andy Judkis <ajud...@verizon.net> wrote: > Hello, > > I've been using Python for about 7 or 8 years now to introduce my 10th > graders to programming, and I've been quite happy with it. We start out > with a week of Scratch and a week of RUR-PLE (which I love) before moving on > to about 3 weeks of Python. Obviously they don't become experts in that > time frame, my goal is to just give them a taste of programming. > > I've tried various Python environments and graphics libraries over the years > -- IDLE with livewires, IDLE with the cs1graphics package, JES, vpython -- > and they all have their virtues and pitfalls, at least for my application. > I've recently become aware of Processing and am really intrigued. Here are > some advantages I see: > > some fun lessons on khanacademy to get started (a processing library for > javascript, actually) > very easy installation, nice simple IDE > graphical from day 1, very easy interaction with mouse > there's a great book on using processing with Kinect (Making Things See, > from O'Reilly) and I think I can demo and talk about some cool stuff from > that > > > The obvious downsides to me are: > > no RUR-PLE > overall, Processing just isn't as real-world useful as Python > > > I'd be interested in hearing from anyone with experience in teaching > Processing to this age group, and anyone with any thoughts on the topic. > > Thanks, > Andy Judkis > Academy of Allied Health and Science > Neptune, NJ > > _______________________________________________ > Edu-sig mailing list > Edu-sig@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig > -- Jurgis Pralgauskis tel: 8-616 77613; Don't worry, be happy and make things better ;) http://galvosukykla.lt _______________________________________________ Edu-sig mailing list Edu-sig@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig
