On Dec 1, 2006, at 2:15 PM, Ann Barcomb wrote:
> I think Perl is probably a nice language to learn as a kid, because
> you
> don't have to worry about things like strict typing or memory
> allocation.
Right, but then that's true for more or less any scripting language.
And a simpler, "more
On Fri, 1 Dec 2006, Chris Devers wrote:
> Perl as a first language though seems like a risky idea though,
> almost along the lines of that old (Knuth?) line about people who
> learned on Basic being irrepairably damaged programmers :-)
Hey! My first language was BASIC, when I was 11.
And then I
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kate Wood
Sent: Friday, December 01, 2006 10:30 AM
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Subject: [Boston.pm] teaching kids Perl
Hi all,
So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
about ten
> "KW" == Kate Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
KW> I thought that too, but I've been showing my daughter and bit and
KW> she seems to grok it; I think that not having to worry overmuch
KW> about data types and preciseness will help them learn concepts
KW> without stressing. This is
On 12/1/06, Chris Devers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> As much as I like Perl, is it really a good first language for
> anyone, and kids in particular?
>
> I seem to remember that there was some good "Python for kids"
> tutorials out there, as well as Scheme/Logo. Maybe I'm biased because
> my
On 2006-12-01 11.27.54 -0500, Chris Devers wrote:
> On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Kate Wood wrote:
> > So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
> > about ten, reasonable technical aptitude, to program using Perl. How
> > would you go about it? I'm doing some lessons for my
Kate,
If you want to consider something other than Perl, there's a program
under development at MIT named Scratch:
http://scratch.mit.edu/
It uses animations, games, and interactive art to teach basic programming.
While it is aimed at small children, it was also used in an Intro CS
On Dec 1, 2006, at 10:30 AM, Kate Wood wrote:
> So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
> about ten, reasonable technical aptitude, to program using Perl. How
> would you go about it? I'm doing some lessons for my daughter and her
> friends for the spring,and need some
This Perl Monks thread might have useful ideas:
Teaching Children How to Program
http://perlmonks.org/?node_id=508131
David
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Hi.
Quoting john saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> On 12/1/06, Kate Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
>> about ten, reasonable technical aptitude, to program using Perl. How
>> would you go about it?
>
> well, the main thing would be
hi
On 12/1/06, Kate Wood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
> about ten, reasonable technical aptitude, to program using Perl. How
> would you go about it?
well, the main thing would be to connect the programming to another
interest.
Hi all,
So... say you were going to teach a child (or several children) of
about ten, reasonable technical aptitude, to program using Perl. How
would you go about it? I'm doing some lessons for my daughter and her
friends for the spring,and need some further input.They're not quite
of an age where
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