[CoLoCo] Is creating something in flash == programming?

[TC]

Who is the current teacher?  Just curious, although I sincerely doubt
that any of the teachers I had are still there.

Of course, back then, the computer teacher had some wicked computer geek
teach everyone else about the Apple II's

Jim Hutchinson wrote:
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> On Mon, Apr 7, 2008 at 4:27 PM, David Overcash <funnylookinhat at gmail.com
> <mailto:funnylookinhat at gmail.com>> wrote:
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>     The problem I see is this:
> 
>     While other students had to completely create each feature of their
>     programs by code (including any GUI), the Flash kids probably didn't
>     have to do more than drag a mouse around with some clicks to create
>     their GUI.
> 
>     Seems pretty unfair to me.  Especially considering the "one
>     character at a time" clause.
> 
> 
> Yeah, some better guidelines are needed. However, the "programming"
> teacher isn't going to teach any programming after next year. She's fed
> up with the politics of some things but I would have liked to see things
> go the other way with some Python or something classes. There are so
> many cool things they could do with helping with FOSS projects in any
> language that would be more productive, real world, and great learning
> experiences.
> 
> On a more positive note, I'm trying to get a computer club together that
> will focus on all sorts of stuff from building a box, to programming to,
> well, Linux :).
> 
> -- 
> Jim (Ubuntu geek extraordinaire)
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