[Tutor] beginners resources list, Python education events

[wesley chun]

hey all,

i'm trying to collate a complete newbie-to-programming list of
resources and was wondering if you could help me fill in the holes...
thx in advance!

BOOKS
Python Programming for the Absolute Beginner (Dawson, 2005)
Python For Dummies (Maruch, Maruch, 2006)
Python Programming: An Introduction to Computer Science (Zelle, 2003)
Introduction to Computing and Programming in Python (Guzdial, 2004)
How To Think Like a Computer Scientist (Elkner, Downey, Meyers, 2002)
Python: Visual QuickStart Guide (Fehily, 2001)
Learn to Program Using Python (Gauld, 2000)

ONLINE
How to Think like a Computer Scientist
http://openbookproject.net/thinkCSpy

Alan Gauld's Learning to Program
http://www.freenetpages.co.uk/hp/alan.gauld

LiveWires Python Course
http://livewires.org.uk/python

A Byte of Python
http://byteofpython.info

Guido van Robot
http://gvr.sf.net

Instant Hacking: Learning to Program with Python
http://hetland.org/writing/instant-hacking.html

Snake Wrangling for Kids
http://briggs.net.nz/log/writing/snake-wrangling-for-kids

please let me know if i'm missing anything as well as if any
information is incorrect or out-of-date. also, does anyone know the
latest about Alice (in particular, did they switch from Python to
Java?) also, are there any good turtle ot vpython (or other 3D)
drawing tools? also, are there any intros that use PyGame to teach
programming via game-writing?

on a somewhat related note, i'm doing 3 Python knowledge/education
events within the next few months.

1. APRIL: O'Reilly/Safari Books Online "What is Python?" webcast (FREE to all)
http://www.safaribooksonline.com/events/WhatIsPython.html

2. JUNE: Comprehensive Introduction to Python (3-day training course
in San Francisco open to everyone!)
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2009-April/708428.html

3. JULY: O'Reilly Open Source Convention Tutorial instructor and
session speaker (San Jose, CA)
http://en.oreilly.com/oscon2009/public/schedule/speaker/44470

thanks!
-- wesley
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"Core Python Programming", Prentice Hall, (c)2007,2001
"Python Fundamentals", Prentice Hall, (c)2009
    http://corepython.com

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