[GLLUG] intro to programming

[Chris Chan]

That seriously made me laugh so hard! And Penguicon sounds pretty intense -
who knows, I might go when I'm 18.
--Chris

On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 8:12 PM, Charles Ulrich <charles at bityard.net> wrote:

> On Thu, Apr 3, 2008 at 3:12 AM, Richard Houser <rick at divinesymphony.net>
> wrote:
> > Michael George wrote:
> >  > We homeschool our children, and the oldest are old enough that I
> think
> >  > they are ready for an intro to programming.  I would like a book that
> can
> >  > hold their hands and help them learn logic and programming, but do so
> at a
> >  > 5-7th grade level and using open-source languages.
> >  >
> >  > I know some on this list are students and some are teachers, so I am
> >  > hoping there might be some experience-based recommendations.  I'll
> take
> >  > what I can get, though.
> >
> >  I actually started when I was about five or six, but I can't honestly
> >  think of a book that could come close to replacing one-on-one contact
> at
> >  this age.  Is there any way you could go through the basics with him
> >  first, then find a follow-up book?  Frankly, I think you would need to
> >  get through branching, looping, variable assignments, etc before you
> >  have something to build on.
>
> Bring them to a GLLUG meeting. They'll either pick up a multitude of
> valuable technical concepts or be scarred for life. (Possibly both.)
>
> Charles
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