[Edu-sig] CS0 course

2007-06-29 Thread Andre Roberge
Hi everyone, As most people on this list are aware, I am very much interested in promoting Python in education (think rur-ple and crunchy). However, I feel I could do more locally and want to do more but for this I need a bit of help and guidance. To explain things properly, I have to make a sma

Re: [Edu-sig] CS0 course

2007-06-29 Thread kirby urner
You ask really interesting questions Andre. I see a huge market for niche authors wanting to specialize in computer language X crossed with human language Y. I think you'll agree that's a huge matrix of possibilities. When you factor in the "Python for Perl junkies" genre (i.e. assuming familiar

Re: [Edu-sig] CS0 course

2007-06-30 Thread Scott David Daniels
Andre Roberge wrote: > Does anyone have experience with teaching a CS0 course structured like > this? Are you aware of any resources that I could use, mostly in > terms of assignments idea? (note: they have to be either in French, or > things that are short enough that I could translate them with

Re: [Edu-sig] CS0 course

2007-06-30 Thread Andre Roberge
On 6/30/07, Scott David Daniels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Andre Roberge wrote: > > > Does anyone have experience with teaching a CS0 course structured like > > this? Are you aware of any resources that I could use, mostly in > > terms of assignments idea? (note: they have to be either in French

Re: [Edu-sig] CS0 course

2007-06-30 Thread kirby urner
> However, I am also well aware that the French education system is very > different than the North American one. The Canadian and American > education, while fairly different one from another, can be considered > nearly identical when compared with the French system. French > students generally