Ayyy, now there's the rub! Well, hmmm...
For teaching programming to the K-12 crowd, I'd emphasize that you can teach many basic programming concepts without the overhead of stuff that really should be taught later (such as declaring data types, etc.) along the proven path of the Analytical Engine method, using markedly similar software to that which used in the original AE. I'd mention that the company offers generous educational discounts. I'd mention points made in my thesis about why Rev's particular approach to programming is ideal for novice/newbie programmers (if it weren't electronically stored on a device needing data recovery, that is; yup, the main harddrive and the backup both failed at the same time). And I'd mention that they can run it in any of the major computer lab environments (with the exception of those containing machines that well and truly belong in the Smithsonian). And now I need to get back to my own personal version of the highly-compelling reality show 'kiddies gone wild'. Judy On Fri, 4 Nov 2005, Marty Billingsley wrote: > And what do you say to non-programmers, particularly school administrators > who want to know why we should use this product to teach programming? _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list use-revolution@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution