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<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 10:14 PM, Mike Rehner wrote:</p>
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<span><div><div><div>Here is a list of Python resources if that would help-</div><div><a href="http://www.babarehner.com/ewrench1011/Python/index.html">http://www.babarehner.com/ewrench1011/Python/index.html</a></div><div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div><br></div><div>Mike</div><div><br></div><div>On Mon, Jan 14, 2013 at 6:31 PM, Gerald Ardito <<a href="mailto:gmanb5@gmail.com">gmanb5@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Stephen,</div><div><br></div><div>I am starting two weeks from tomorrow.</div><div>I am still trying to wrap my head about the key goals and projects. It would</div><div>be great to share ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>Gerald</div><div><br></div><div>On Monday, January 14, 2013 at 6:08 PM, Steve Thomas wrote:</div><div><br></div><div>On Sat, Jan 12, 2013 at 9:58 PM, <<a href="mailto:forster@ozonline.com.au">forster@ozonline.com.au</a>> wrote:</div><div><br></div><div>Hi</div><div><br></div><div>As a beginner, I found creating a Sugar Activity difficult. More difficult</div><div>than creating a program to run from Terminal or Pippy. You might get better</div><div>value using Pygame and writing something that can run from Pippy. The goal</div><div>could be to create more Pippy built in samples.</div><div><br></div><div>If you are going to write an Activity, you could give them a 'hello world'</div><div>template and get them to build on that rather than starting from the</div><div>beginning. Your 'hello world' template could have the basics:a text box for</div><div>text entry/display, a canvas for graphical display and an example of</div><div>keyboard and mouse capture.</div><div><br></div><div>Agreed. Having a template to build on for an Activity would make things much</div><div>simpler.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Good luck. Please ask if you need help.</div><div><br></div><div>Ditto. When will you start the class? I am also teaching Python to some</div><div>kids now, and interested sharing ideas.</div><div><br></div><div>Stephen</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Tony</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><<a href="mailto:gerald.ardito@gmail.com">gerald.ardito@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Hello.</div><div>I have been asked by my school district to teach a one semester course</div><div>on</div><div>computer programming to some of our high school students. I was already</div><div>settled on Python. In my planning, I thought it would be great if the</div><div>students built an application for Sugar/XO Laptop. I have, as I think</div><div>you</div><div>know, been using them in our school for a few years, I think the</div><div>transition</div><div>from consumer to producer would be great.</div><div><br></div><div>I am not a Python programmer, although I understand the basic concepts</div><div>and</div><div>can muddle my way through. So,here's my question -- what should the</div><div>students</div><div>know/be able to do in Python before they are able to write an Activity?</div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Beyond the basics, understanding the concept of classes and</div><div>inheritance is pretty essential. Some GTK stuff, but that is pretty</div><div>straightforward.</div><div><br></div><div>-walter</div><div><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div><br></div><div>I hope this makes sense. 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