I thought this was a good intro to the basic principles. I was thinking of my students working with TurtleArt, Scratch, and Etoys and using this to help abstract some of the more general concepts of programming from what they had been doing.<br> <br>Gerald<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 8:19 AM, Walter Bender <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:walter.bender@gmail.com">walter.bender@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="im">On Fri, Mar 19, 2010 at 5:36 AM, Bert Freudenberg <<a href="mailto:bert@freudenbergs.de">bert@freudenbergs.de</a>> wrote:<br> > Looks nice :)<br> <br> </div>Pretty good. A few places it could be improved. For example, in his<br> compression example, Page 28, he gets confused about bits and bytes.<br> And his page on Open Source is a bit off the mark IMHO. Still, it may<br> appeal to some. I'd be curious to get some teacher reactions.<br> <br> -walter<br> <div><div></div><div class="h5"><br> ><br> > - Bert -<br> ><br> > Begin forwarded message:<br> >><br> >> From: Andre Lessa <<a href="mailto:andre@lessaworld.com">andre@lessaworld.com</a>><br> >> Date: 19. März 2010 05:28:54 MEZ<br> >> To: <a href="mailto:edu-sig@python.org">edu-sig@python.org</a><br> >> Subject: [Edu-sig] "Computer Science For Kids" Book Announcement<br> >><br> >> Hey Python Community,<br> >><br> >> I just self published this brand new book and I'm making its PDF<br> >> available for (free) download on my web site.<br> >><br> >> My goal is to explain some very basic fundamentals of computer science<br> >> to kids who are starting to learn about computers at school and/or at<br> >> home. For the tiny hints of programming, I referenced Python. If you<br> >> (or a kid you know) ends up having access to this book, please send<br> >> your feedback (suggestions/corrections) directly to me so I can start<br> >> thinking about the next edition and how I can make it even cooler for<br> >> kids.<br> >><br> >> Thanks!<br> >> Andre Lessa<br> >><br> >> You can download the entire book here (no registration required).<br> >> "Computer Science For Kids"<br> >> <a href="http://www.LessaWorld.com/kids/" target="_blank">http://www.LessaWorld.com/kids/</a><br> >> _______________________________________________<br> >> Edu-sig mailing list<br> >> <a href="mailto:Edu-sig@python.org">Edu-sig@python.org</a><br> >> <a href="http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig" target="_blank">http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/edu-sig</a><br> ><br> > _______________________________________________<br> > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> > <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> > <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> ><br> <br> <br> <br> </div></div><font color="#888888">--<br> Walter Bender<br> Sugar Labs<br> <a href="http://www.sugarlabs.org" target="_blank">http://www.sugarlabs.org</a><br> </font><div><div></div><div class="h5">_______________________________________________<br> IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!)<br> <a href="mailto:IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org">IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org</a><br> <a href="http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep" target="_blank">http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep</a><br> </div></div></blockquote></div><br>