[Edu-sig] slashdot: Teaching Primary School Students Programming?

[Elaine]

When I was the computer teacher in a primary school
back in 1983, I taught Logo. Everyone loved it!

-Elaine


--- "Paul D. Fernhout" <pdfernhout at kurtz-fernhout.com>
wrote:

>
http://ask.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/08/27/000248
> 
> Teaching Primary School Students Programming?
> Posted by Cliff on Saturday August 26, @08:25PM
> from the toddlers-as-coders dept.
> Education Programming
> NotesSensei asks: "Recently I was teasing the
> teacher who runs the 
> computer club in my sons' primary school: 'You teach
> the kids only how to 
> use software but not how to make software.' Today I
> got an email: 'OK, 
> you're in: teach them programming.' Now I wonder
> what language should I 
> pick? My first lesson will be the board game c-jump,
> but after that? The 
> contestants are: Kids programming language KPL (ab
> VB.net derivate; Java 
> using BlueJ; Greenfoot (and the BlueJ); and HTML.
> Does it sound like I'm 
> on the right track or should I try something
> completely different? We are 
> looking at primary 3-5 (that's 10-13 in this part of
> the world). Where can 
> I find inspiration for the curriculum?"
> 
> ===
> 
> Python is mentioned there, along with a lot of other
> suggestions.
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