[Edu-sig] python for kids...

[Jason R Briggs]

hi kirby

Any feedback is useful.  As long as they're aware up front that it's 
written for a younger audience, then I'm happy.

Thanks very much,
J

kirby urner wrote:
> On 10/15/07, kirby urner <kirby.urner at gmail.com> wrote:
>   
>> Thanks Jason.
>>
>> I'm starting a new Python gig at a local high school soon.  If you'd like an opportunity
>> for feedback from real students in Portland, Oregon, I'd be happy to shoot them a
>> declassified copy.  What's in it for them:  a new way to learn Python while thinking
>> critically about what's maybe working, what's maybe not.  What's in it for you:
>> feedback from the front lines.
>>     
>
> Adding:
>
> Some might consider your visual motifs a tad young for high schoolers, at
> least in our neck of the woods, but that's no prob, as for feedback we just
> say "would this be useful when teaching your younger sister, niece, cousin
> or whatever Python?"  Lots of extended families, easy to find a test audience.
>
> Kirby
>
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