[Edu-sig] Queens, NY - PYTHON Programming for Kids

[Jason Straw]

"Thomas A. Williams" wrote:
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> I'm looking at the prospect of starting a programming
> class for youth at the YMCA on Pasons Blvd. in
> Jamaica, Queens.  I will definitely be building the class
> around PYTHON.  Does anyone have any suggestions
> or directions on setting the class up, lesson plans,
> teaching strategies for youth, etc.
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I am a student at Yorktown High School in Arlington, VA; we exclusively
use Python in our 1st year computer science class.  There is a python
textbook being created online by Jeffrey Elkner who teaches the class at
Yorktown.  

Take a look at http://yhslug.tux.org/obp/thinkCS/thinkCSpy/index.htm

-- 
Jason Straw
Yorktown Zope Guru
jstraw@yorktown.arlington.k12.va.us