Hi,<div><br></div><div>I often read about schools in the US using Python as a first introduction to computer programming.</div><div><br></div><div>For high school level I know they often use <a href="http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/">http://openbookproject.net//thinkCSpy/</a> as a reference.</div>
<div><br></div><div>For younger kids I think this is a popular one: <a href="http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/rur.htm">http://rur-ple.sourceforge.net/en/rur.htm</a><br><br></div><div>In the US they seem to be a lot more "advanced" with educating their kids these things. Apart from the occasional hobbyist teacher, I never got the impression that in Dutch schools there are activities like this. Anyone know of examples where they are doing this (in Holland)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>On a side note: I admire how (in the US) they know how to make it sort of fun for the kids to learn programming (through games, game-programming or things like LEGO Mindstorms/Robotics). I always felt that Dutch schools lacked this kind of approach to teaching.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Cheers, Bram</div><div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:55 PM, Perica Zivkovic <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:perica.zivkovic@gmail.com">perica.zivkovic@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">Hi there,<div><br></div><div>I had contact with several schools/universities in US which are using Portable Python in their classrooms. They install it on USB (or local) drives and everything works, no permissions/ configuration hassle. If kids broke installation it is simple matter of re-extracting Portable Python again and viola they can continue programming.</div>
<div><br></div><div>On the homepage of the project in "Useful links" you can find couple of links to free python books.</div><div><br></div><div>In the next version I plan to include (optional) documentation together with Portable Python (<a href="http://www.PortablePython.com" target="_blank">http://www.PortablePython.com</a>).</div>
<div><br></div><div>regards,</div><div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>Perica</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Sep 27, 2009 at 9:48 PM, Abhishek Mishra <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:ideamonk@gmail.com" target="_blank">ideamonk@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi,<br>
<br>
>From some source that I can't remember at this moment, I remember<br>
hearing about how Python is popularly used as a beginner's language to<br>
teach kids programming in European countries. Could some one verify<br>
this for me?<br>
And if yes, it is true that Python is being used in such a nice way,<br>
then I would like to ask as to what kind of teaching materials are<br>
being used for the purpose?<br>
Are they tutorials picked from the internet, or modified and<br>
simplified versions of guides like 'Dive into Python' ?<br>
Could someone point to Python teaching material for kids, if available<br>
on the internet ?<br>
<br>
Thanks,<br>
<font color="#888888">Abhishek Mishra<br>
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