[CoLoCo] programming class at middle school

[Nick Post]

Check out wibit.net, a free site that has some really fun and thorough tuts
on most major languages. They have a really cool Intro to computers and
programming video too. Best part is, it's all free.
On Mar 11, 2013 2:07 PM, "Jim Hutchinson" <jim at ubuntu-rocks.org> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Yes, I'm still out here doing what I can for the cause. I just got
> permission to run a programming class next quarter as a pilot to see if
> it's something we can offer regularly. Of course, my programming skills are
>
> $ print "non existent";
>
> If you have any suggestions I'd love to hear them. My thinking right now
> is to start with Scratch and get them into the programming mindset and then
> I was thinking of using Python because it's free and already on the Macs we
> have plus the only language I have toyed with that isn't dead (Pascal,
> where are you?). What do you think? Good/bad idea? Suggestions?
>
> There are some tutorials on the code.org site I thought I might use as
> well.
>
> If anyone would be interested in being a guest speaker (in Windsor) let me
> know. I think it might be good to bring in some real people to talk with
> the students and maybe run a mini programming session.
>
> Thanks.
>
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