Re: [Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-10-31 Thread Thomas Koch
Hi, I'm just becoming a teacher, but I've seen a collegue teaching processing and observed a few things that I don't like about it: - Processing comes with it's own IDE and the files you're writing are embedded in the real programming. The pupils don't have any change to get an overview of

Re: [Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-10-31 Thread kirby urner
I hope you stick around Thomas. I'm one of the old timers here but not a list owner or moderator. My initial recruitment into Python was through my search for ways to do 3D (spatial) geometry in cool ways + Guido's on-line CP4E essay. The web was just getting going and there was a paucity of

Re: [Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-10-10 Thread Jurgis Pralgauskis
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

Re: [Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-09-27 Thread kirby urner
On Wed, Sep 26, 2012 at 9:48 AM, kirby urner kirby.ur...@gmail.com wrote: 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 I

Re: [Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-09-26 Thread kirby urner
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 I probably shouldn't be answering this as I don't have the Processing

[Edu-sig] python vs processing for introducing programming?

2012-09-25 Thread Andy Judkis
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