[soc2008-general] Teaching Python

[Siddhant Goel]

Hi!
Such a thing was implemented last year, as a part of Ubuntu.
You may want to check this out -
https://blueprints.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+spec/pystart
However, I have had a chat with its developer, and he told me that there are
major code changes in PyStart required, as of now. You may contact him
first.
Regards,
Siddhant

On Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 12:22 PM, Unni <kpnunni at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Hi all,
>  Was thinking of a project that would help teach python to youngsters at a
> basic  level
> and then gradually into the more complicated contexts.
>
> The Carcode project, is aiming at the same thing but only that it is meant
> mainly for university students.
> Earlier I had posted a list of what i wished to integrate with an already
> existing tutoring project,
> which also included allowing students to develop their program logic using
> flowcharts and also
> implementing some sort of physical hardware which can demonstrate the
> result of their program in an
> appealing manner.
>
> It was pointed out that some of these extensions might go well with the
> xturtle project.
>
> The reason I would like this project to be implemented is that in India,
> where I come from, there
> is a sudden wave of affection for the free and open source way of things
> and the students here
> from the eighth grade upwards learn programming without a proper tool to
> solidify their basics.
>
> I believe that python is also best-suited for learning programming and
> teaching it too. As python
> also is one of the best there is, learning python as a first language is
> an added bonus. the free
> software community here has begun working on a textbook and helpful
> applications that can help
> teach python to school-goers.
>
> What would the PSF say to a project that aimed simply at providing
> learning environment for students
> complete with flowchart designs, tutorials, help indexes on various
> libraries and maybe a mini-robot
> that can be controlled using the python code you write.
>
> Do shoot your thoughts.
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Unni
> _______________________________________________
> soc2008-general mailing list
> soc2008-general at python.org
> http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/soc2008-general
>
>
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: http://mail.python.org/pipermail/soc2008-general/attachments/20080325/b48839ca/attachment.htm