Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Owen Waller
Sorry I forgot to also ask... j) Can you tell us which country and educational system you are using? My material is designed for the UK schools system at what is known as Upper Key Stage 2 (Ages 10-11). This will strongly influence what you need to cover and when, in terms of the pupils ages. So

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Owen Waller
Hi Bala, Good news, this entirely possible. I've been there done that. My original post on the subject is here: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/golang-nuts/FIRSDBehb3g/BFiHYVNCw zUJ So, I can tell you that you can do this with 10/11 year olds and upwards. It would help enormously if you c

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread David Peacock
Ah, the mistake was my phrasing. Teaching Go to anyone is not off-topic at all on this Go mailing list. :-) I meant my advice surrounding CodeClub was off-topic since it relates to other languages. :-) My apologies for the misunderstanding. On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 1:26 PM, Bala Natarajan < bala

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Caleb Spare
I don't think it's off-topic. This ML is about pretty much anything Go-related. We've had discussions about teaching Go to kids before. On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 10:26 AM, Bala Natarajan wrote: > I did not realize that this was off-topic. My mistake. > > Thanks David and Konstantin for the suggesti

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Bala Natarajan
I did not realize that this was off-topic. My mistake. Thanks David and Konstantin for the suggestions Thanks On Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 6:29:21 AM UTC-7, David Peacock wrote: > > This is firmly off-topic for this list, but I too am interested in this > area, having recently formed a chap

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread David Peacock
This is firmly off-topic for this list, but I too am interested in this area, having recently formed a chapter of CodeClub in my small town. I'd suggest you start at https://www.codeclubworld.org/ I'm happy to speak with you off-list. Good luck! Cheers, David On Tue, Apr 11, 2017 at 8:24 AM, B

Re: [go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Konstantin Khomoutov
On Tue, 11 Apr 2017 05:24:46 -0700 (PDT) Bala Natarajan wrote: > I am trying to put together material to teach go to elementary/middle > school kids. Does anyone have public material that I could use as a > guide to prepare this material? Any suggestions on small projects > that I could give the

[go-nuts] Teaching Elementary/Middle School Kids?

2017-04-11 Thread Bala Natarajan
Hi I am trying to put together material to teach go to elementary/middle school kids. Does anyone have public material that I could use as a guide to prepare this material? Any suggestions on small projects that I could give these kids? Thanks for your suggestions. Thanks bala -- You receiv