[Edu-sig] Graphics for beginners, and other resources

[Richard Crook]

I don't normally shout much about our resources, but the list seems 
recently to have been discussing areas where we might be able to save folks 
some work.

LiveWires is a computing holiday in the UK for 12-15 year olds; all our 
course material and Python modules is on our website. In particular, we 
have a support library to provide (Tk-based) graphics in a window with a 
straight procedural interface for beginners (similar to that described 
recently by Daniel Yoo). Daniel: apologies, I haven't yet had time to take 
a detailed look at what you've done, but you might find our course 
materials relevant anyway...

In addition, some of what Jason Cunliffe posted struck a chord, so there 
might be some synergy there -- we've been actively using these materials 
for a couple of years to teach real beginners. I know Jeff Elkner has also 
picked up on this for some of his students (Hi Jeff!).

Website at http://www.livewires.org.uk/python/index.html, for anyone 
interested. Feel free to comment -- we're in the process of updating and 
extending for this year's holiday. If anyone's interested in the directions 
we're going from here, drop me a message.

Regards,
Richard
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Richard Crook // SJ Consulting Ltd, Cambridge // richard@sj.co.uk