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Hi,<br>
I am a member, must have sent the email from my other email address.
this is the one that is associated with the list so I'll resubmit the
letter here. Hopefully it won't get posted twice<br>
<br>
Rich Ballard<br>
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Original message:<br>
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I am the 8th grade teacher who has used David's Computer programming is
fun book in class. I teach at MVU middle school in Swanton, Vermont. I
want to add my voice to what a great book it is for beginning
programming. I'm not a programmer but have dabbled in it a little here
and there with BASIC and some college courses. This book made it quite
simple for me to teach and for the kids to learn. As an introductory
course, I believe it touched on a lot of topics that will help the kids
in getting prepared to take more advanced courses. And for those who
don't, it was helpful in their development of logical thinking skills,
math skills, and just to help them to understand what computer
programming is and what it entails to write a simple computer program.
This can be taught as a self taught course if you had a young son or
daughter you wanted to introduce to programming or as a class. As I
said, I did the latter, I usually did some introductory information
with the whole class then sent them to the computers to work through a
chapter. The quizzes at the end of each chapter are great for keeping
scores for the kids in a traditional classroom. David has also been
great at helping if I ever got stuck or needed an idea either by phone
or email. I highly recommend you give this book a try. I think it is a
great resource for kids in the middle level or lower high school level
or anyone who has never done any programming. If any one has any
questions, please email me or see David's web site:<br>
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Sincerely,<br>
<br>
Rich Ballard<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:rballard@pivot.net">rballard@pivot.net</a><br>
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