Walter,<br><br>I am looking it over this morning, and seeing how to use it with some of our students.<br>As soon as I have some feedback, I'll send it along.<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>