[Edu-sig] "Computer Science For Kids" Book Announcement

[Asheesh Laroia]

On Fri, 19 Mar 2010, Andre Lessa wrote:

> Hey Python Community,
>
> I just self published this brand new book and I'm making its PDF
> available for (free) download on my web site.
>
> My goal is to explain some very basic fundamentals of computer science
> to kids who are starting to learn about computers at school and/or at
> home. For the tiny hints of programming, I referenced Python. If you
> (or a kid you know) ends up having access to this book, please send
> your feedback (suggestions/corrections) directly to me so I can start
> thinking about the next edition and how I can make it even cooler for
> kids.

I found your math examples confusing. Is it the basketballs or the 
*number* of them that we're comparing in 
http://www.lessaworld.com/kids/csfk-page13.png ?

I hope that you do some real kid testing and get their feedback!

-- Asheesh.

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